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☆ Christian Ronaldo to leave Manchester United 'with immediate effect'
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-22 | by ( James Robson | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Cristiano Ronaldo will leave Manchester United "with immediate effect," the Premier League club said Tuesday. It wasn't immediately clear where he would end up next after failing to secure a move to a Champions League club in the summer. "Following conversations with Manchester United we have mutually agreed to end our contract early," Ronaldo said. "I love Manchester United and I love the fans, that will never ever change. "Cristiano Ronaldo is to leave Manchester United by mutual agreement, with immediate effect," it said in a statement.

☆ Varane says Man Utd players affected by Ronaldo comments
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Nov 16 (Reuters) - France defender Raphael Varane said his Manchester United team mates were obviously affected by Cristiano Ronaldo's comments in a television interview that he did not respect manager Erik ten Hag and felt betrayed by the Premier League side. United said they would address the Portuguese forward's comments only after establishing the full facts but Varane said the situation had impacted players. Varane, who has also played alongside Ronaldo at Spanish side Real Madrid, said the team was ready to accept whatever United decides. "What I want is the best for my team, so whatever the decision, as players, we'll accept it and give the best of ourselves," Varane added. On Tuesday, Portugal midfielder Joao Mario said an awkward handshake between Ronaldo and Bruno Fernandes was the result of a joke between team mates for club and country.

The committee on Oct. 22 sent Trump himself a subpoena to testify under oath and provide documents. Trump, who is considering another run for the presidency in 2024, has accused the panel of waging unfair political attacks on him. Circuit Court of Appeals on Oct. 22 declined to put the subpoena on hold while Ward appealed. Ward and her husband, Michael Ward, both signed their names on one of the slates of alternate electors for Trump. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan had temporarily put the subpoena on hold on Oct. 28 while the full court decided how to proceed.

☆ Supreme Court allows Jan. 6 committee subpoena for phone records of Arizona GOP chief Kelli Ward
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-14 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Arizona Chairwoman Kelli Ward speaks during the Rally To Protect Our Elections conference on July 24, 2021 in Phoenix, Arizona. The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a request by Arizona Republican Party Chairwoman Kelli Ward to block her phone records from being subpoenaed by the select House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. The denial sets the stage for the Democratic-controlled House committee to obtain those records from her T-Mobile account. The order rejecting Ward's and her husband Michaels' request for an emergency injunction notes that Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito would have granted it. Laurin Mills, a lawyer for Kelli Ward, when asked by CNBC for comment on Monday's ruling, wrote, "It is my personal practice not to comment on pending litigation."

☆ Middle-aged women are seen as less 'nice' than men and it's probably costing them high-paying jobs, a new paper found
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-01 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Middle-aged women are seen as less "nice" than men at work, a new research paper found. Although middle-aged women are considered more competent, they rank lower on traits like "warmth." Middle-aged women are seen as less "nice" at work than middle-aged men, a new research paper has found. Middle-aged women were seen as less warm. These perceptions hold middle-aged women back at workAnother study in the paper showed that middle-aged women being seen as less "nice" or "warm" resulted in more negative performance evaluations.

☆ 5 lessons for success and happiness on Wall Street — from a Bank of America rising star turned doula and Reiki master
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( Emmalyse Brownstein | Alex Morrell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

Laura Hayward started her Wall Street career at Morgan Stanley during the financial crisis. Hayward, who rose ranks at Bank of America, shares what she learned to be both successful and happy on Wall Street. "I'd always been a finance person at work and a spiritual person and hippie outside of work," Hayward told Insider. After seven years at BofA, and more than a decade on Wall Street, she left this summer. Wall Street work life is stereotypically perceived as draconian — leaving little room for individuality.

☆ Arizona GOP Chair Kelli Ward asks Supreme Court to block release of phone records to Jan. 6 committee
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Lawrencehurley_Pic.Jpg | Lawrence Hurley | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

WASHINGTON — Arizona Republican Party Chair Kelli Ward asked the Supreme Court on Wednesday to prevent her phone records from being disclosed to the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot. Circuit Court of Appeals, rejected Ward's arguments that the subpoena issued by the committee should be blocked. The committee is currently only pursuing Kelli Ward's records. At the Supreme Court, Ward argued the subpoena violates her right to freedom of association under the Constitution's First Amendment. Those actions have come under scrutiny by the Justice Department as well as the Jan. 6 committee.

Kagan issued an order effectively putting the litigation on hold and preventing enforcement of the subpoena pending a further order by her or the full court. Kagan is the justice designated to handle emergency appeals from a group of states including Arizona. The panel sought the records as part of its investigation into events surrounding the deadly Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the Capitol by Trump supporters who sought to block Congress from certifying his election loss to Democrat Joe Biden. Trump, who is considering another run for the presidency in 2024, has accused the panel of waging unfair political attacks on him. The panel had already been in the process of seeking records concerning Ward, who the panel said participated in multiple aspects of the attempts to interfere with the electoral count.

☆ The Arizona GOP raised funds in 2021 by asking for donations to support the election audit — but that's not where the money went: report
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( Hannah Getahun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The Arizona GOP asked for donations to help with the 2021 Maricopa County election analysis. Texts show the GOP was clear that the money would not go toward the audit, per the Washington Post. "We were expressly told that we could/should not raise money for the audit," Arizona state GOP chairman wrote. In response to questions about the fundraising emails, Arizona GOP spokeswoman Kristy Dohnel told the Post the money went to "covering costs for security" during the audit. Following the Post story about the Arizona GOP audit emails published Monday, journalist Josh Dawsey reported that Trump had a "tense" phone call with Ward.

☆ Listen to the audio of Bob Woodward's interviews with Trump that made him think of the former president as an 'unparalleled danger' rather than simply incompetent
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-24 | by ( Hannah Getahun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Woodward previously described the former president as the "wrong man" for the presidency. But "Trump is an unparalleled danger," Woodward wrote on Sunday in the Washington Post. "The Trump Tapes: Bob Woodward's Twenty Interviews with President Trump," set to be released Oct. 25, is an audiobook of previously unreleased conversations between the veteran journalist and the businessman-turned-politician. Trump is an unparalleled danger," Woodward wrote. In clips of the Trump Tapes previously released by CNN, Trump can be heard talking about his admiration for strongmen leaders like Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean President Kim Jong Un.

☆ Trump boasted that he was much tougher than Clinton and Nixon when they faced their impeachments, newly released audio shows
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

In one audio recording, Trump bragged that he was the toughest president to face impeachment. Bill Clinton took it very, very hard," Trump said. CNN obtained audio files from veteran journalist Bob Woodward's conversations with Trump, during which Trump compared his own impeachment to former presidents Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton. Woodward is releasing the audio in his upcoming audiobook, "The Trump Tapes: Bob Woodward's Twenty Interviews with President Trump." Bill Clinton took it very, very hard," Trump added.

☆ Trump knew his letters to Kim Jong Un were classified and 'so top secret': Bob Woodward
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Trump told journalist Bob Woodward in 2020 that the letters he wrote to Kim were "so top secret." In his upcoming audiobook, Woodward wrote that Trump was cagey about showing him the letters. The letters to Kim were among the classified files Trump brought to Florida, per The Washington Post. Now, Woodward is releasing over eight hours of Trump interviews in an upcoming audiobook, "The Trump Tapes: Bob Woodward's Twenty Interviews with President Trump." A month later, when Woodward again asked Trump if he could see the letters, Trump said the letters were "so top secret," per The Washington Post's reporting of Woodward's notes from the call.

☆ Hear Trump reveal classified information to Woodward in new tapes
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

In "The Trump Tapes" audiobook, which includes more than eight hours of Bob Woodward's raw interviews with Donald Trump, the former President reveals classified information about weapon systems, which Woodward was never able to verify. CNN's Jamie Gangel has the latest.

☆ Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka wins 2022 Booker Prize
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-17 | by ( Marie-Louise Gumuchian | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

LONDON, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan writer Shehan Karunatilaka won the Booker Prize on Monday for his second novel "The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida," about a dead war photographer on a mission in the afterlife. Set in 1990 Sri Lanka during the country's civil war, Karunatilaka's story follows gay war photographer and gambler Maali Almeida, who wakes up dead. This year's shortlist of Booker Prize contenders included British author Alan Garner's "Treacle Walker", Zimbabwean author NoViolet Bulawayo's "Glory", "Small Things Like These" by Irish writer Claire Keegan, U.S. author Percival Everett's "The Trees" and "Oh William!" "It is an entirely serious philosophical romp that takes the reader to 'the world's dark heart' - the murderous horrors of civil war Sri Lanka," MacGregor added. Past winners of the Booker Prize, which was first awarded in 1969, include Margaret Atwood, Salman Rushdie and Yann Martel.

☆ Judge says Jan. 6 committee can get Arizona GOP Chair Kelli Ward's phone records
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-23 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Rebecca-Shabad-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Rebecca Shabad | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

WASHINGTON — A federal judge in Arizona ruled Thursday that the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol can see the phone records of Arizona Republican Party Chairwoman Kelli Ward and her husband. U.S. District Court Judge Diane J. Humetewa rejected the Wards' arguments in a February lawsuit that the congressional panel should be prevented from getting the phone records of the couple, who are doctors, because it would violate medical privacy laws. "That three-month period is plainly relevant to its investigation into the causes of the January 6th attack," she wrote. "The court therefore has little doubt concluding these records may aid the select committee’s valid legislative purpose." Humetewa also dismissed the Wards' arguments that the subpoena seeking their phone records violate their First and 14th Amendment rights and that releasing the records would risk that those the couple had contacted during the period could be "implicated in the largest criminal investigation in U.S.

☆ Ronaldo charged with improper conduct after smashing fan's phone
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Ronaldo, 37, apologised to the 14-year-old fan via social media after the incident, which took place after United's 1-0 defeat at Goodison Park in April. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Registerloading"It is alleged that the forward's conduct after the final whistle was improper and/or violent." Video footage appeared to show Ronaldo angrily slapping the phone out of the boy's hand as he walked down the tunnel. The boy's mother said he had been left with a bruised hand and that his phone screen had been smashed. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Hritika Sharma in Bengaluru, editing by Pritha SarkarOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Share this -Link copiedThe full order of service for the funeral at Westminster Abbey The funeral service for Queen Elizabeth II is underway at Westminster Abbey. Police officers patrol outside Westminster Abbey in London on Monday, ahead of the state funeral service for Queen Elizabeth II. The coffin of Queen Elizabeth II leaves Westminster Hall for her funeral service in Westminster Abbey. Around 2,300 police officers will line the route from Westminster Abbey to Windsor Castle and 1,000 police officers will line the route from Westminster Abbey to Wellington Arch. Share this -Link copiedBuckingham Palace releases previously unseen portrait of queen Queen Elizabeth II, photographed at Windsor Castle in May 2022.

☆ 3 takeaways from Wednesday's meeting: Stay diversified, watch these stocks, why we made a trim
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-14 | by ( Krystal Hur | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

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☆ How the world learned about Queen Elizabeth's death
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-08 | by ( Analysis David Zurawik | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Both were in high gear Thursday with the death of Queen Elizabeth at the age of 96. After the announcement of the queen's death Thursday afternoon, ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox News interrupted their regular programming to do the same. The nighttime images of a sea of black umbrellas in the rain outside Buckingham Place were just as evocative and moving. A double rainbow appeared as crowds gathered near Buckingham Palace before the announcement of Queen Elizabeth II's death. Saying her words were not meant to "canonize" the queen, Kay added, "There were mistakes that were made.

☆ Amazon Prime Video's former marketing chief outlines 'Thursday Night Football' plans and how the company 'listens to culture' to connect with customers
▼ + stars: | 2022-07-08 | by ( Erica Berenstein | Claire Atkinson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Amazon Prime Video will make a huge marketing push behind marquee series "Rings of Power." Former marketing chief Ukonwa Ojo told Insider about how the company uses data connect with audiences. Amazon does deep analysis of user comments, she said, for clues about what viewers care about — Prime Video's marketing team also factors in the cultural mood. You need data that moves at the pace of culture. They're going to need to be transported to a completely different world — so world-building shows — and they're also going to need some joy and some levity and some laughter.

☆ How Tom Ward's YouTube side hustle became the go-to interview for influencers and YouTubers
▼ + stars: | 2021-12-01 | by ( Kat Tenbarge | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

But in 2015, determined to take his career in a new direction, Ward started blogging on his personal website. By early 2017, Ward started blogging about influencer marketing for Forbes, although he didn't follow YouTubers or YouTube culture at the time. When Paul tweeted Ward's article and Ward's Twitter handle, Ward said his phone started "blowing up." After he published his interview with Paul, Ward started interviewing even bigger YouTubers and influencers, like Shane Dawson and Lele Pons. Now, Ward's YouTube channel has more than 5.3 million views, and his easy rapport with influencers has led to even bigger opportunities, like co-hosting a branding-focused podcast with TikToker Griffin Johnson.

☆ 'Quiet professionals': These are the legendary Vietnam War marksmen every Marine scout sniper trains to be
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-15 | by ( Ryan Pickrell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

Modern Marine Corps scout snipers are required to study their history, to learn from the outstanding snipers that came before them. In many conflicts throughout US history, Marine Corps snipers have proven to be valuable assets on the battlefield. Carlos N. Hathcock:Carlos Hathcock USMC ArchivesIn Vietnam, Hathcock had 93 confirmed enemy kills and several hundred unconfirmed. That never mattered to him though, according to Charles Henderson's book, "Marine Sniper: 93 Confirmed Kills." The only US military sniper with more confirmed kills than Mawhinney in Vietnam was Army sharpshooter Adelbert Waldron with 109 confirmed kills.

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☆ Here's the bizarre reason you're not supposed to use the bottom button on suits
▼ + stars: | 2017-03-31 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Men's suit designers often even tailor the fabric so suit jackets and waistcoats looks more flattering unbuttoned at the bottom. The story of King Edward VII (who ruled from 1901 to 1910) is often dismissed as a myth — but it's completely true. The Duke of Roxburghe at Buckingham Palace in 1910, after the death of King Edward VII. "Edward VII always left his bottom waistcoat button open because he was fat," Amies answered. In that case, follow Edward's advice in leaving the bottom button unbuttoned, but do button the top one.

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