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☆ Fed hawks, doves, and centrists: How US central bankers' views are changing
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Now, as Fed policymakers note improvement on inflation and some cooling in the labor market, the risks are seen as more balanced and the choices more nuanced. The following chart offers a look at how officials currently stack up on their outlooks for Fed policy and how to balance their goals of stable prices and full employment. Note: Fed policymakers began raising interest rates in March 2022 to bring down high inflation. Their most recent policy rate hike, to a range of 5.25%-5.50%, was in July. Below is a Reuters count of policymakers in each category, heading into recent Fed meetings.

Persons: Jeff Schmid, Adriana Kugler, Louis Fed, James Bullard, Louis, Kathleen O'Neill Paese, Ann Saphir, Paul Simao Organizations: Federal, Federal Open Market, New York Fed, Kansas City Fed's, Fed's, Governors, Interim, Louis Fed, Thomson Locations: Kansas, St

☆ As Gerry Turner's love story comes to an end, fans are eager for a 'Golden Bachelorette' next — here's what we know about the potential spinoff
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Fans of "The Golden Bachelor" are wondering if there'll be a "Golden Bachelorette." Here's what we could piece together about the status of "The Golden Bachelorette." ABC has yet to officially announce a "Golden Bachelorette" spinoff, but our guess is that it's coming. In addition, numerous figures close to the show — including host Jesse Palmer, and Gerry himself — have expressed support for "The Golden Bachelorette." Here's what we could piece together about whether or not "The Golden Bachelorette" is happening.

Persons: ABC hasn't, —, Gerry Turner, they'll, Jesse Palmer, Gerry, he's, we've, Gerry Turner's, Disney, John Fleenor, they'd, Susan Noles, Joan Vassos, Sandra Mason, she'd, Kathy Swarts, Susan, Craig Sjodin, Palmer, I've, Faith, Rob Mills, Mills, It's Organizations: ABC, Service, Disney, Party

☆ Who is Patrick Clark? The 'pioneer of the American bistro' who broke barriers for Black chefs
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Lauren Edmonds | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

In 1994, he became the first Black chef to win the James Beard Foundation's Best Chef Award. The famed chef touched on his ideology during a 1994 interview shared on YouTube by the African American Chefs Hall of Fame. Patrick's remarks weren't a knock against Black American cuisine. Instead, it was an unapologetic declaration that Black chefs can't — and won't — be pigeonholed. Black chefs at that time were fighting stereotypes that they could only excel at making soul food.

Persons: Patrick Clark's, James Beard Foundation's, Patrick, —, Patrick Clark, collard, weren't, Netflix Patrick, Preston, reminisced, Stephen Satterfield, Melvin, Idella Clark, Patrick's, Michel Guerard, Michel Guérard, Guérard, Gregory Hines, Ron Galella, Keith McNally, Odeon's, Bill Clinton, Brooks Kraft, Hilary Clinton, Hay, Patrick cinched, James Beard, Danielle Reed Rivera, WaPo Organizations: Service, YouTube, African American Chefs Hall of Fame, Adams, Black, Netflix, African American Chefs Hall, Fame's, New York City Technical College —, Great Britain's Bournemouth Technical College, New York Times, Time, American Chefs Hall, Fame, Odeon, Cafe, Metro, White, Getty, White House, Washington Post, James, Columbia, Presbyterian Medical Center Locations: Hay, Washington , DC, New York City, Europe, Brooklyn , New York, New York, Great, Braganza, London, France, AFP, Britain, Cafe Luxembourg, Beverly Hills, Washington, East Coast, DC

LOS ANGELES, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Singer-songwriter and actor Dove Cameron is breaking away from her Disney star persona and putting a new version of herself out there with “Alchemical: Volume 1,” the first part in her debut studio album. “Alchemical: Volume 1,” which has eight songs, including "Sand," will be released on Dec. 1. Dove Cameron attends the CFDA Fashion Awards in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., November 6, 2023. Looking back, her Disney brand, as well as other personas in her career, felt “unhealthy” for her, she said. Cameron said she now wants to evolve into whatever version of herself feels right.

Persons: Dove Cameron, Cameron, “, Andrew Kelly, it's, ” Cameron, ”, Rollo Ross, Danielle Broadway, Mary Milliken Organizations: ANGELES, Disney, REUTERS, Mary Milliken Our, Thomson Locations: Hollywood, Manhattan , New York City, U.S

☆ Want to pick a winning retail stock this holiday season? Watch for discounts and deflation
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( Christina Cheddar Berk | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

However, he added, they remain more upbeat compared with last holiday season and should spend more on gifts this year. According to FactSet, analysts anticipate there could be upside of more than 20% ahead, based on average price targets. The e-commerce giant is JPMorgan analyst Doug Anmuth's top pick for the holiday season. "We project US e-comm penetration at 23.4% of adj retail sales this holiday season, +90bps above the 22.5% in 2022," he said. "We think beauty has the potential to be a relevant gifting solution for cash-strapped consumers during the upcoming Holiday season," he said.

Persons: Chad Lusk, Alvarez, Lusk, Martis, LSEG, Inna Kuznetsova, Doug Anmuth's, Doug McMillon, Krisztina Katai, Katai, Michael Lasser, Ulta, Lasser, ToolsGroup's Kuznetsova, Marsal's Lusk, Michael Bloom Organizations: Shoppers, CNBC, Walmart, Target, Retailers, Centric Market Intelligence, Amazon, LSEG, JPMorgan, Deutsche Bank, Costco, UBS, Fed, Black Locations: Lusk, Ulta, Wayfair, Williams, Sonoma

☆ I'm a single mom who quit social work to pursue copywriting. My business brought in 6 figures last year.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( Ella Hopkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

I started writing Amazon descriptions as a side hustleNo one ever goes into social care for the money. I realized just that if I could spend 10 hours a day writing Amazon descriptions, it would be more lucrative than social work. I quit my jobI left social work in September 2015. The moment he knew my background in social work, he felt comfortable. They take on most of our social media and blogging work, and I focus on ghostwriting and book consulting.

Persons: Catherine Nikkel, I've, copywriting, I'd, he'd, We'd Organizations: Business, Facebook Locations: Toronto, Canada

☆ Branding’s corporate titans face moment of truth
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( Aimee Donnellan | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +8 min

Now for the first time this century, sales volumes at the big consumer goods manufacturers are falling. In the first nine months of the year, Kraft Heinz said the quantity of its sold items declined by nearly 6 percentage points year-on-year. That’s likely to allow Nestlé, Kraft Heinz and Unilever to see flat or modest increases in 2023 sales, LSEG data shows. Earlier this year, outgoing Kraft Heinz Chief Executive Miguel Patricio said the company lost market share to a branded competitor that spent more. Unilever, Nestlé and Kraft Heinz have all pointed to a slowing of price growth in the coming year.

Persons: Kraft Heinz, Nestlé, ’, Xavier Roger, Kraft, what’s, John Furner, Miguel Patricio, Mars, ”, François, EY, George Hay, Streisand Neto, Thomas Shum Organizations: Reuters, Consumer, Kraft, Unilever, Danone, ’, United Nations, Reuters Graphics Reuters, Nestlé, Kraft Heinz, Target, Reuters Graphics, Obesity, Mondelez, Walmart, “, Thomson Locations: U.S, Europe, Australia, Norway, Chocolat, London

KANSAS CITY (AP) — Inspired by video of a high school player picking off a quarterback’s spike, Eagles rookie Jalen Carter nearly did it to Patrick Mahomes before the end of the first half of Monday night’s game. Harrison Butker kicked a field goal to give Kansas City a 17-7 halftime lead but Philadelphia rallied for a 21-17 victory in the Super Bowl rematch. “I saw it on the internet, I’ve seen it on YouTube, some high school kid tried, and he actually caught the ball. I thought, ‘That’s a good idea,’ I knew they would spike it, so I tried to go for it,” Carter told WIP-FM. There are a couple instances where high school players have made this play.

Persons: Jalen Carter, Patrick Mahomes, Carter, Mahomes, Harrison Butker, “, ‘, ’, ” Carter, WIP Organizations: KANSAS CITY, Eagles, Chiefs, Kansas City, Philadelphia, Super, YouTube

There's a history of Christmas pudding charms, to be hidden within the holiday treat. And there's an angel made of beads by an artisan in the Woza Moya collective of South Africa. The photographer behind the Instagram account Brown Girls Do Ballet has put together a celebratory essay in images of just that. More than 1,100 color images included in this broad overview, Glaser’s wit ever-present. Includes rarely seen images and recollections from Salt-N-Pepa, Public Enemy, Run-D.M.C., Mary J. Blige and more.

Persons: Slim Aarons, Shawn Waldron, Abrams, “, David Trigg, Sam Bilton, Dolph Gotelli, Moya, “ Lena Horne, Donald Bogle, Bogle, TaKiyah Wallace, McMillian, Kailyn Scales, Leventhal, Dutton, Chef Gabriel “, Kim Laidlaw, Guilbeau, Taylor Sheridan, John, Kayce, Beth, Hal Rubenstein, Mary Tyler Moore's, Laura Petrie, Dick Van Dyke, ” Moore, Rubenstein, Dawn Wells, Mary Ann, Molly Adams, Sydney Golden Anderson, Adams, Golden Anderson, “ Thom Browne, ”, Thom Browne, Andrew Bolton, Johnny Dufort, Browne's, Karida L, Brown, Charly Palmer, W.E.B, Du Bois, They've, Langston Hughes, Jenni Nuttall, Mark Seliger, Seliger, Joe Jonas, Sophie Turner, Chadwick, Will Smith, Jada Pinkett Smith, Robert De Niro, ” Abrams, Lindsey Taylor, Taylor, “ Milton Glaser, Steven Heller, Mirko Ilić, Beth Kleber, Glaser, Glaser busied, “ LL, LL Cool, Vikki Tobak, Alec Banks, Mary J, Blige, Peep Ludacris Organizations: Hollywood, Getty Images, Phaidon, Running Press, CBS, HarperCollins, Sydney, Feminist Bird, National Wildlife Federation, Princeton Architectural Press, Families, Chronicle, Exeter College, “, Wall, Rizzoli New Locations: Palm Beach, Rome, tailgaters, Aiken , South Carolina, South Africa, Brooklyn, Louisiana, Bolton, New York, Rizzoli New York

☆ This college volleyball player has scored more than 40 NIL deals this year. Here's how she's advocating for women athletes at her university to work with brands.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Margaret Fleming | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Glover had under 10,000 followers on Instagram before the volleyball season started, and now she's past 30,000. Glover had the most new NIL deals this year of any athlete on the endorsement platform SponsorUnited, the company stated in a 2023 report. While the report tracked 19 of Glover's deals, Business Insider confirmed that she'd gotten around 40 NIL deals in total this year, and she said she's pacing to pass 50 with a holiday boost. "I think it's a great time for NIL," Glover told BI, "for at least me or any woman who's in sports and wants to start with content creation." She has also stood up for female athletes getting equal NIL opportunities at SMU.

Persons: Alex Glover, Glover, she'd, She's, Kendra Scott, DoorDash, They'd, It's, I'm Organizations: Southern Methodist University volleyball, Business, SMU, Buffalo Wild Wings, CVS Locations: Instagram

NEW YORK (AP) — Justin Torres' novel “Blackouts” has won the National Book Award for fiction. Oprah Winfrey gave an emotional keynote address during the dinner ceremony at Cipriani Wall Street, and honorary medals were presented to poet Rita Dove and to Paul Yamazaki, a longtime bookseller at San Francisco's famed City Lights store. Winners in the five competitive categories each received $10,000. Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Persons: — Justin Torres, ”, Ned Blackhawk's “, Dan Santat's “, ” Craig Santos Perez's, Bruna Dantas Lobato, Oprah Winfrey, Cipriani, Rita Dove, Paul Yamazaki Organizations: Cipriani Wall, Associated Press Locations: San Francisco's

☆ I didn't get into my dream college even though I was a top student. I was devastated, but I'm happy it worked out the way it did.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-11 | by ( Hazra Khatoon | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

I was a top-ranking student in my high school and thought I would easily get into Delhi University. I was devastated and felt like a failure, but I went to college anyway and am now successful. AdvertisementAdvertisementBut it all took a turn during my senior year of high school. My journey from school to freelancing has taught me that the path to success is not always a straight line. It's full of twists and turns, setbacks and triumphs, but it's a journey worth taking.

Persons: —, I'd, I've Organizations: Delhi University, Service, Life Locations: India, Delhi

☆ The Secret to a Pirate Comedy’s Success? A Queer Love Story
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( John Jurgensen | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Taika Waititi as Blackbeard, a real-deal pirate with a sensitive side. Photo: Nicola Dove/HBOIt’s a fact of the TV-everywhere era: At any given moment, people are gushing over a show you’ve never seen or even heard of. In the case of “Our Flag Means Death,” a comedy about a soft English gentleman who reinvents himself as a pirate captain, it seemed like nobody would be talking at all.

Persons: Taika Waititi, Blackbeard, Nicola Dove, ”, reinvents Organizations: HBO

REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration Acquire Licensing RightsNov 8 (Reuters) - Semiconductor company Arm Holdings (O9Ty.F), on Wednesday gave a fiscal third-quarter sales outlook below Wall Street estimates, with the company attributing the forecast to a large deal that will likely land later than expected. Arm became publicly listed again in September after Japan's SoftBank Group (9984.T), which still owns more than 90% of Arm, sold off some of its shares. For the current fiscal third quarter, Arm expects a revenue range with a midpoint of $760 million, below analyst estimates of $767.84 million, according to LSEG data. Arm said that royalty revenue for the fiscal second quarter declined to $418 million, below analyst expectations of $420.3 million, according to data from Visible Alpha. Child told Reuters that Arm's second quarter royalty revenues still reflected a chip glut that affected the chip industry broadly.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Japan's, Ben Bajarin, Jason Child, Child, Stephen Nellis, Max A, Yuvraj Malik, Aurora Ellis, Lisa Shumaker Organizations: REUTERS, - Semiconductor, Arm Holdings, Wednesday, Analysts, Creative, Reuters, Nvidia, Intel, Alpha, Thomson Locations: San Francisco, Bengaluru

REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsLONDON, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Unilever (ULVR.L) top-10 investor Lindsell Train welcomed its recent management changes and said it had already discussed the consumer goods company's next steps with the incoming chairman. These moves demonstrated that Unilever thinks that a "fresh perspective on all aspects of the business is necessary", Nick Train, manager of the Finsbury Growth & Income Trust and co-founder of Lindsell Train, told Reuters. A bungled attempt to buy GSK's consumer healthcare business was followed by billionaire activist investor Nelson Peltz joining the board. "We maintain a productive open dialogue with the company and most recently met with the new (Unilever) chairman to hear his view on the most beneficial next steps," Train said. Matt Close, president of its ice cream business, will also leave after a more than three-decade career with Unilever.

Persons: Andrew Kelly, Nick Train, Hein Schumacher, Schumacher, Alan Jope, Nelson Peltz, Ian Meakins, Nils Anderson, Hanneke Faber, Priya Nair, Matt Close, Richa Naidu, Matt Scuffham, Alexander Smith Organizations: Unilever, REUTERS, Lindsell, Income Trust, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Manhattan , New York City, U.S, Finsbury

☆ At Paul Taylor, a Drum Circle and a Fierce Sisterhood
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( Brian Seibert | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

It’s easy to imagine what Keigwin was after: introducing the noise-making excitation of a percussive score and flaunting its liveness. For a better use of a percussive score, Taylor audiences can look this season to Ulysses Dove’s “Vespers,” which the company debuted on Saturday. It begins with a woman sitting on a cafe chair, and the way that Jada Pearman sits up straight speaks volumes. The six Taylor women — especially Pearman and Madelyn Ho, who are having breakthrough seasons — become one fierce sisterhood. Where “Vespers” shows how a percussive score can be effectively channeled, Lauren Lovette’s new “Echo” shows how sharing focus with live musicians can work.

Persons: Taylor, Ulysses Dove’s, Alvin Ailey, Jada Pearman, Mikel Rouse’s, —, Madelyn Ho, Lauren Lovette’s, Kevin Puts’s Organizations: Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, Alvin Ailey American Dance, Orchestra of St Locations: Luke’s

Filmmakers Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin have given audiences thrilling and sometimes terrifying front-row seats to incredible feats of human ambition in their documentary work. But there would be at least one big difference in bringing “Nyad” to life: actors. Political Cartoons View All 1233 ImagesIn fiction, she found creative collaborators in their decorated core cast: Annette Bening, who plays Nyad, Jodie Foster as her friend and coach Bonnie Stoll, and Rhys Ifans as the ship's navigator. Vasarhelyi wasn’t without any experience working with actors, either, and in fact learned from the best. With their other films, the filmmakers had loved watching their subjects get to see audiences respond to them and their work.

Persons: Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, Alex Honnold’s, El Capitan, they’d, Diana Nyad, “, ”, Nyad, ” Vasarhelyi, Annette Bening, Jodie Foster, Bonnie Stoll, Rhys Ifans, Chin, Vasarhelyi, Nyad ”, Mike Nichols, Julia Roberts, Jude Law, Clive Owen, Natalie Portman, Tom Stoppard, Julia Cox, ” Chin, Foster, “ There's, Bening, Annette, Diana, Oscar, Claudio Miranda, Ang, Pi ”, Miranda, it’d, you’re, We’re Organizations: Key West, Netflix, Associated Press, Formula Locations: Northern Thailand, The, Cuba, Key, Covent Gardens

☆ Elon Musk and Britain’s PM Rishi Sunak discuss AI’s risks and rewards
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Manav Tanneeru | Jennifer Korn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

“I’m glad to see at this point that people are taking AI seriously,” Musk said to Sunak on Thursday. Musk and world leadersMusk’s conversation with Sunak is one of numerous chats with world leaders the SpaceX and Tesla CEO has joined in the past few months. Musk met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in September, weeks before the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war. Other big names that recently made time for Musk in their schedule include Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in June, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in June and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in September. Sunak and Musk discussed how digital super-intelligence could affect the public and require regulation the same way industries such as aviation and cars require regulation.

Persons: CNN — Elon, Rishi Sunak, ” Musk, Musk, Kamala Harris, Sam Altman, “ I’m, Sunak, Goldman Sachs, Benjamin Netanyahu, Netanyahu, Emmanuel Macron, Giorgia Meloni, Narendra Modi, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, “, Communications Shlomo Karhi, ”, ” Karhi, Alexandria Ocasio, Cortez, Walter Isaacson’s, Elon Musk, Isaacson, , Luke McGee, Ivana Kottasová, Sean Lyngaas Organizations: CNN, British, Safety, Lancaster House, Allied Forces codebreaking, US, Winchester College , Oxford, Stanford, European Union, SpaceX, Tesla, Israeli, Twitter, Defamation League, Italian, Indian, Communications, Hamas, US Democratic Rep, Russian Locations: London, Bletchley, Israel, United States, China, Gaza, Alexandria, Cortez, Crimean, Ukrainian, Sevastopol, Russia, Crimea, Korea, France

☆ Be cautious, dove Visco tells ECB on last day as council member
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A view shows the logo of the European Central Bank (ECB) outside its headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany March 16, 2023. REUTERS/Heiko Becker/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsROME, Oct 31 (Reuters) - The European Central Bank (ECB) should be cautious in coming months having hiked rates steeply to curb inflation, Bank of Italy Governor Ignazio Visco said on Tuesday on his last day in office. In a speech to bankers in Rome Visco, long seen as a dove on the ECB's governing council, reiterated his frequent calls for prudence. "I think the (ECB's) orientation to keep rates at current levels for a sufficiently long period of time... is a wise decision," Visco said. Visco will be replaced as Bank of Italy governor by Fabio Panetta, a former member of the ECB executive board.

Persons: Heiko Becker, Ignazio Visco, Rome Visco, Visco, Fabio Panetta, Giuseppe Fonte, Angelo Amante, Gavin Jones Organizations: European Central Bank, REUTERS, Rights, Bank of Italy, Bank of, ECB, Thomson Locations: Frankfurt, Germany, Rome, Bank of Italy

☆ Unilever to freeze new CEO's fixed pay for two years
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

The company logo for Unilever is displayed on a screen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., February 17, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsSummaryCompanies Shareholders rejected resolution to adopt directors' pay in MayCEO's fixed pay level to be reviewed in 2026Oct 30 (Reuters) - Consumer goods company Unilever (ULVR.L) said on Monday its board had decided to freeze CEO Hein Schumacher's fixed pay for the next two years, after his initial pay package was rejected by shareholders in May. The pay deal for Unilever’s directors, including Schumacher, was rejected at its annual general meeting with a near 60% majority. Schumacher, who took up the role in July, will not be eligible for a fixed pay increase in 2024 and 2025. The compensation committee will review his fixed pay level in 2026.

Persons: Brendan McDermid, Hein Schumacher's, Schumacher, Nelson Peltz, Alan Jope’s, Anchal Rana, Devika Syamnath, Arun Koyyur Organizations: Unilever, New York Stock Exchange, REUTERS, Consumer, Thomson Locations: New York, U.S, Bengaluru

☆ This 51-year-old makes an average of $10,000 per month on JustAnswer: Here's how
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-29 | by ( Gili Malinsky | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

"I got back to northwestern Pennsylvania and I'm thinking, how am I possibly going to make a living in the art antiques world?" She then held a series of jobs in and around the world of antiques working in magazines, storage and the gallery space. And I'm thinking, is this real?' "And I'm thinking, is this real?" Her advice: 'Don't quit your day job'

Persons: Nora Curl, she'd, Curl, Elie Samaha, weren't, Norman Rockwells Curl, Norman Rockwell, Nelson Shanks, Princess Diana, Ronald Reagan, JustAnswer, Hummel, lockdowns Organizations: eBay, Allegheny College Locations: New York, Pennsylvania, LA, Steuben, America

Marte has a hit in every postseason game he's ever played. A night after wasting a two-run, ninth-inning lead in a 6-5, 11-inning loss, the Diamondbacks outhit Texas 16-4 and never trailed. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. and 38-year-old Evan Longoria each singled in a run for Arizona, which got its first World Series road win after four losses dating to 2001. Political Cartoons View All 1223 ImagesThe Series, just the third between wild-card teams, shifts to Arizona for Game 3 on Monday in the first Series game at Phoenix since 2001. He singled in the second, hit opposite-field doubles to right in the fourth and sixth, and singled in the eighth.

Persons: — Merrill Kelly, Ketel Marte, Gabriel Moreno, Jordan Montgomery, Tommy Pham, Marte, Derek Jeter, Manny Ramírez, Hank Bauer, he's, Emmanuel Rivera, Corbin Carroll, Lourdes Gurriel Jr, Evan Longoria, Kelly, detoured, Mitch Garver’s, Pham, Montgomery Montgomery, Moreno, Montgomery, Alek Thomas, Longoria, Josh Jung, Caroll, Martín, Walker, . Walker, Jonah Heim’s, Max Scherzer, Brandon Pfaadt, ___ Organizations: Arizona Diamondbacks, Texas Rangers, Diamondbacks outhit Texas, Phoenix, Arizona, New York Mets, Houston, AL, Diamondbacks, NEXT Texas, Detroit Locations: ARLINGTON , Texas, Arizona, South Korea, Washington

☆ Deodorants are the big winners of the return to office movement
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-27 | by ( Huileng Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Consumer goods giant Unilever reported strong deodorant sales in the third quarter of 2023. AdvertisementAdvertisementPeople returning to the office and going out socializing again are driving the sales of deodorants, according to consumer goods giant Unilever. Deodorant sales were particularly robust in Latin America and Europe, the company in its third-quarter earnings release. AdvertisementAdvertisementUnilever reported a similar strong deodorant sales growth last year and saw a big demand surge for deodorants after people started socializing as COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns eased. Overall, Unilever reported a 5.2% rise in underlying sales in the third quarter of the year from a year ago, meeting analysts' average forecast.

Persons: —, Graeme Pitkethly Organizations: Unilever, Guardian, Service, Strong Locations: America, Europe

☆ New-look Unilever retains its old-style opacity
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Unilever logo is displayed on Dove soap boxes in this illustration taken on January 17, 2022. Back in 2017 Unilever fought off a Kraft Heinz (KHC.O) takeover approach by pledging a 20% operating margin; now there just isn’t a target. But it leaves a question mark over Unilever’s long-term direction. And it might leave long-term critics like fund manager Terry Smith still griping about opacity. In January Smith complained that Unilever had revealed the price tag on only three of 27 acquisitions in its Beauty and Wellbeing division over eight years.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Hein Schumacher’s, Kraft Heinz, Alan Jope, Terry Smith, Smith, Schumacher, George Hay, Peter Thal Larsen, Oliver Taslic Organizations: Unilever, REUTERS, Reuters, Kraft, X, Thomson

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — An acquaintance has been charged in the death of a Philadelphia journalist who went from sleeping on the street to working for the mayor to writing urgent columns on the city’s most pressing social issues. Robert Edmond Davis, 19, faces murder, weapons counts and related charges in the death of Josh Kruger, 39, who was shot and killed at his Philadelphia home Oct. 2. Kruger was shot seven times at about 1:30 a.m. and collapsed in the street after seeking help, police said. Kruger handled social media for the mayor and communications for the Office of Homeless Services from about 2016 to 2021. He wrote at various times for Philadelphia Weekly, Philadelphia City Paper, The Philadelphia Inquirer and other publications, earning awards for his poignant and often humorous style.

Persons: Robert Edmond Davis, Josh Kruger, Davis, Damica Davis, Kruger, there’s, “, ”, University’s, JoAnne Epps, bicyclist Organizations: PHILADELPHIA, Philadelphia, South Philadelphia, Authorities, Philadelphia Inquirer, City Hall, The Philadelphia Citizen, Council, of Homeless Services, Philadelphia Weekly, Philadelphia City, Elon Twitter Locations: Philadelphia, America, Rittenhouse

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