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☆ France file complaint to FIFA after Griezmann goal disallowed
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-30 | by ( Julien Pretot | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

AL RAYYAN, Qatar, Nov 30 (Reuters) - France are filing a complaint to FIFA after a last-gasp equaliser by Antoine Griezmann was disallowed following a video review after the final whistle of their World Cup match against Tunisia, the French federation said on Wednesday. "We are writing a complaint after Antoine Griezmann's goal was, in our opinion, wrongly disallowed. This complaint has to be filed within 24 hours after the final whistle," the FFF said in a statement. Tunisia were eliminated from the tournament while France advanced top of Group D into the last 16 and they will face Poland on Sunday. The FFF did not specify whether the complaint was over the goal itself or the fact it was ruled out after the final whistle.

☆ Will Smith describes 'horrific' Oscars night in 'The Daily Show' interview, says 'I lost it'
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-29 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

“What have y’all been doing?”“That was a horrific night, as you can imagine. But at the end of the day, I just — I lost it, you know?” Smith continued. That is not who I want to be.”Will Smith slaps Chris Rock onstage during the 94th Oscars in Los Angeles on March 27, 2022. That was a rage that had been bottled for a really long time,” Smith said, “My nephew is nine. My daughter asked me, ‘Daddy, do we really need another slave movie?’ I said, ‘Baby, I promise you, I wouldn’t make a slave movie.

☆ Griezmann the brains behind France's convincing World Cup start
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-27 | by ( Julien Pretot | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Griezmann has played as an attacking midfielder rather than a pure forward, brilliantly making the link between midfielders Aurelien Tchouameni and Adrien Rabiot and the attacking trio of Ousmane Dembele, Olivier Giroud and Kylian Mbappe. Griezmann played mainly deep, but also often close to lone striker Giroud or even on the flanks. I'm impressed but not surprised. Like Dembele, Griezmann played selflessly, leaving the limelight to Mbappe. "I'm proud of myself yes but I'm also proud of the whole team.

☆ A day in the life of a husband-and-wife chef duo running a top New York City restaurant
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-27 | by ( Britney Nguyen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The chef de cuisine and sous chef of L'Appart start their day at 9:30 a.m. and end around midnight. Now, the French restaurant is headed by Antoine Boullay, and his wife and sous chef Alice Douay. Anything can go wrong in the restaurant, Boullay said. Even on their days off and at home, Boullay and Douay are always talking about what's next on the menu. "We are never disconnected from the restaurant," Boullay said.

DOHA, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Kylian Mbappe's meteoric rise showed no sign of stopping as the France forward sealed the holders' 2-1 win against Denmark to send them into the last 16 of the World Cup on Saturday. Mbappe has now scored 31 goals in 61 appearances for France - well on the way towards the all-time record of 51 held by Olivier Giroud and Thierry Henry. Mbappe has seven goals at World Cup tournaments - only behind Just Fontaine, who scored a record 13 in 1958, and already ahead of Henry's six in four visits to the finals. He is part of a collective that is very strong and has this goal of winning the World Cup in mind," Deschamps added. For the first goal, he benefited from fullback Hernandez's threat on the left wing to pounce after their one-two.

☆ Analysis: Dazzling Dembele completes two-man job to help France reach last 16
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-26 | by ( Julien Pretot | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

In 2018, Dembele had lost his place in the starting XI after a poor performance in the first game of the group stage. "In 2018, I was going through tough years," he said this week, admitting that he now had a healthier lifestyle. "Well it's not like I was being crazy, but I'm watching myself much more now. Dembele was the first to bring danger in the second half with yet another dazzling run before setting up Mbappe for a potential opener with a silky pass from the penalty spot. Dembele is likely to be on the bench against Tunisia on Wednesday in Les Bleus's final group game, getting a well-deserved rest ahead of the knockout stage where he undoubtedly will catch the eye again.

☆ Mercurial Mbappe fires France into last 16 after 2-1 win over Denmark
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-26 | by ( Philip O'Connor | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

"The first objective has been achieved," French coach Didier Deschamps said of their qualification in a post-match TV interview. France take on Tunisia and Denmark meet Socceroos in the final round on Wednesday, with the Danes needing a win to advance. Having lost twice to Denmark during the recent Nations League campaign, France started cautiously. But it was not long before they realised there were opportunities to be had by taking on the Danish wing backs. The French will face one of the teams from Group C - Poland, Saudi Arabia, Mexico or Argentina - in the last 16.

☆ ECB to begin great cash mop-up as banks repay billions in loans
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-18 | by ( Francesco Canepa | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

While this early TLTRO reimbursement is voluntary, the ECB has given banks an incentive to get rid of those loans by taking away a rate subsidy last month. Analysts expect banks to repay around half a trillion euros worth of TLTRO loans at this week's window - the first of several - which would make this the biggest drop in excess liquidity since records began in 2000. MONEY MARKETSThe other area of focus for the ECB will be money markets, in which banks lend to each other for a short time. But Marco Brancolini, a strategist at Nomura, said he did not see "much of an impact" even if banks repaid 600 billion euros. Banks had until Nov. 16 to notify the ECB about their intention to repay TLTRO loans, but the reimbursement will only take place on Nov. 23.

☆ The director of Will Smith's new movie about slavery hopes audiences can look beyond the infamous #OscarsSlap
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-15 | by ( Dan Heching | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —After the Academy Awards earlier this year, movie watchers and industry insiders alike have wondered what Will Smith’s now-infamous, on-air slapping of Chris Rock will mean for the “King Richard” actor’s career, as well as his future Oscars chances. Now, ahead of the release of Smith’s new film “Emancipation,” director Antoine Fuqua is opening up about all that speculation, and his wish that audiences will instead focus on the searing narrative at the heart of the movie, namely the historic struggle against slavery in America. Four hundred years of slavery is bigger than one moment,” Fuqua told Vanity Fair in an interview published on Tuesday about the film, in which Smith plays a character named Peter, a man who escapes from slavery. The character was inspired by a historical figure commonly referred to as “Whipped Peter,” who was featured in graphic 1863 photos that depicted the brutality of slavery. Director Antoine Fuqua, seen here posing during a photocall on the set of the film "Equalizer 3" on October 19, 2022, directed Will Smith in the soon-to-be-released film "Emancipation."

☆ Analysis: Investors face expensive quest for year-end cash and safe assets
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-14 | by ( Yoruk Bahceli | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

Money markets too suggest securing cash and quality assets investors need to make a smooth transition into 2023 will be expensive. But analysts noted year-end is still 1-1/2 months away and the spread tends to widen in late November as demand for cash rises. The risk is any unexpected news emerging as liquidity thins further in December, requiring investors to reconsider positioning. BofA said it now sees year-end German repo 6 percentage points below the overnight rate, which it said would still make it the most expensive on record for investors borrowing bonds then. "It's still early days, but (last year's repo pricing) would probably be the best case already in terms of year-end pricing," Commerzbank's Leister said.

☆ Ghana name uncapped pair who have impressed in Europe
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Nov 14 (Reuters) - Kamal Sowah’s form for Club Brugge in the Champions League has won him a World Cup call-up for Ghana after the uncapped striker was on Monday included in the country’s squad for Qatar. The 22-year-old was a surprise selection as coach Otto Addo named his 26-man squad for the tournament, where the Black Stars face Portugal, South Korea and Uruguay in Group H.Sowah has impressed as the Belgian club reached the last 16 of the Champions League, knocking out Atletico Madrid and Bayer Leverkusen in the process. There was also a first call up for midfielder Salis Abdul Samed, 22, who has been a regular for Racing Lens this season as they have moved to second in the French Ligue 1 standings. The squad will be captained by Dede Ayew, who was part of the team that reached the quarter-finals in South Africa in 2010 – only the third time an African nation has reached the last eight of a World Cup. Writing by Mark Gleeson in Cape Town; Editing by Ed OsmondOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Energy crisis dims festive sparkle in Europe's shops
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-11 | by ( Mimosa Spencer | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

PARIS, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Retailers in Europe are having to strike a delicate balancing act with this year's Christmas displays: how to create enough festive sparkle to loosen cash-strapped customers' purse-strings, while acknowledging the impact of the energy crisis. However, the energy crisis has accelerated plans to "reduce consumption to be a good citizen both socially and environmentally", he added. He said the store was moving faster to reach its goal of shifting entirely to LED lighting and began turning lights off at night in September. "It makes a big difference," said Eleanore de Boysson, region president of Europe and the Middle East for LVMH's travel retail division DFS. Other "small" gestures include only partially lighting the store and its offices during early morning cleaning hours, she added.

☆ Every World Cup 2022 squad announced: USMNT, Germany, Belgium and more
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-10 | by ( Ben Morse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

CNN —‘Tis the season for wall charts and fans gathering around to pick their starting teams for the 2022 Qatar World Cup. “It’s always difficult when a guy helps you get to the World Cup, he scores three goals in World Cup qualifying and isn’t going to be a part of the program. Again, it’s more about who we did add that we felt good about.”All but one of the 26 will be making their World Cup debut at this year’s tournament and, according to the USMNT, it will be the youngest team to qualify for the World Cup. Octavio Passos/Getty Images Europe/Getty ImagesGhanaManager: Otto AddoThe final squad has not been announced yet. READ: Meet Otto Addo, the coach responsible for guiding some of Europe’s brightest young talents (2021)—–PortugalManager: Fernando SantosThe final squad has not been announced yet.

☆ Activist shareholder platform Tulipshare is entering the US market to help force change at companies like Amazon and Tesla
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-09 | by ( Callum Burroughs | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Tulipshare, an activist shareholder investing platform, is set to launch in the US. The London-based fintech has previously headed up targeted campaigns against Amazon and Coca-Cola. Tulipshare, a London-based fintech that pools shareholders to vote on corporate governance issues, is launching in the US. The activist investment platform, founded in 2020, enables users to invest in public companies for as little as $1. "Issues like Amazon working conditions resonate across geographies," Argouges added and indicated more geographic growth would come in the future.

☆ Food group Danone raises 2022 outlook as third-quarter sales beat expectations
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( Dominique Vidalon | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

PARIS, Oct 27 (Reuters) - French food group Danone (DANO.PA) on Thursday raised its 2022 revenue growth forecast after its third-quarter sales beat analysts' estimates as the firm was able to raise prices to counter soaring costs. Danone posted a 9.5% rise in third-quarter like-for-like sales to 7.334 billion euros ($7.35 billion), beating analysts' expectations for a 6.9% rise in a poll compiled by the company. This also marked a sequential acceleration from 7.7% sales growth achieved in the second quarter and reflected strength in all the group's businesses, notably in baby food in China and in bottled waters. Price increases contributed 10.9% to third-quarter revenue growth. Rival Unilever Plc (ULVR.L) also on Thursday raised its full-year sales forecast as it lifted prices to counter costs.

☆ Antoine Griezmann scores ‘Olimpico’ goal as Atlético Madrid beats Real Betis 2-1
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-24 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Antoine Griezmann scored twice, including directly from a corner, as Atlético Madrid defeated Real Betis 2-1 on Sunday to move up to third in Spain’s La Liga. The French international scored his second through the legs of Silva after neat interplay with Ángel Correa and substitute Matheus Cunha. It was a frustrating end to the game for the home side, which is now fifth in La Liga – three points behind Atlético and 11 behind leader Real Madrid. Lewandowski’s first-half effort, which came after a brilliant run from Dembélé, took the Polish striker to 12 goals in La Liga this season – five more than any other player. Barça is now three points behind Real Madrid, its only defeat in the league coming in El Clásico earlier this month.

☆ Griezmann scores twice as Atletico Madrid win at Real Betis
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Oct 23 (Reuters) - Two second-half goals from Antoine Griezmann, one scored directly from a corner kick, gave Atletico Madrid a 2-1 win at Real Betis on Sunday, extending their unbeaten run in LaLiga to five games. Substitute Victor Luiz saved Betis from conceding six minutes later, throwing himself in front of an Angel Correa bullet strike that cannoned off him for a corner. That was when Griezmann opened the scoring in the 54th minute, scoring directly from a perfectly placed corner kick past Rui Silva. Fifteen minutes later, substitute Matheus Cunha passed to Griezmann whose right-footed shot on goal went through Silva's legs and into the bottom right corner. Betis rallied to score with a Nabil Fekir free kick from the edge of the box into Jan Oblak's top left corner in the 84th minute.

☆ Shareholder group wants Tesla to link Musk's pay to ESG metrics
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( Ross Kerber | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

If executive pay were tied to goals like cutting emissions or worker rights, he added, "I can tell you those people will put their effort into solving the problems in the system." More companies are linking pay to ESG metrics like cutting carbon emissions or meeting workforce diversity levels, although some studies have found few offer incentives for big changes. Shareholder resolutions at Tesla's 2023 annual meeting are due by early next year. At its latest annual meeting, held in August, investors mostly sided with the recommendations of directors, helped by Musk's 15.6% stake in the company. Tesla faces a series of lawsuits involving alleged widespread race discrimination and sexual harassment including one by a California civil rights agency.

☆ Twitterverse vigilance scares LVMH CEO into dumping his private plane
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( Parija Kavilanz | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Renault, 73, the world’s second-richest man with a net worth of over $149 billion, said he has sold his private jet because he was Twitter-shamed over his frequent plane use. “Indeed, with all these stories, the group had a plane and we sold it,” Arnault told an LVMH-owned radio station, on Monday. “It’s not very good that our competitors can know where we are at any moment,” Antoine Arnault told the radio station. Elon Musk tried to pay off a 19-year-old from Florida to stop tracking his private jet use. Jack Sweeney rejected the $5,000 offer from Musk to delete his Twitter account that tracks the Musk’s private jet journeys.

REUTERS/StaffLONDON, Oct 18 (Reuters) - European stock indexes opened higher on Tuesday, in a revival of risk appetite which analysts attributed to the turnaround in UK fiscal policy. Britain's new finance minister Jeremy Hunt scrapped Prime Minister Liz Truss's economic plan on Monday, which had sapped investor confidence in the UK in recent weeks. MSCI's main European Index (.MSER) was up 1.5%, near its highest in 13 days. The STOXX 600 was up 1%, having also touched a 13-day high, and London's FTSE 100 was up 1.3% (.FTSE). At 0822 GMT, the U.S. dollar index was flat on the day, at 112.05 .

☆ Britain's failed tax experiment will leave economic scars and credibility issues, analysts say
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( Jenni Reid | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

U.K. Prime Minister Liz Truss faces increasing pressure to resign. The yield on these bonds, which reflect the cost of borrowing for the government and influence interest rates on many products such as mortgages, eased lower after the statement Monday. The yield on 10-year bonds, the closely-watched benchmark seen as the indicator of long-term interest rates, remains significantly elevated at 4.045%, up from 3.49% before the budget. Bonds tend to become less attractive when interest rates rise, decreasing their price and sending up the yield. watch nowWider effectsWith the ideologically-driven policy platform Truss ran on now dead in the water, there is uncertainty in many other areas.

☆ UK gilts rally ahead of expected new U-turn on fiscal plans
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

LONDON, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Long-dated British government bonds rallied on Monday ahead of a statement from new finance minister Jeremy Hunt who is expected to reverse swathes of Prime Minister Liz Truss's economic growth plan which triggered a market rout. Yields on 20- and 30-year gilts slid by around 34 basis points in early trade, reversing most of their sharp rises seen on Friday when a statement by Truss failed to reassure investors about the government's fiscal plans. Gilt yields remain well above their levels seen before former finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng announced Truss's growth agenda on Sept. 23 - a measure of the deficit in investor confidence that Hunt must now address. "It would take an almighty fiscal tightening package to convince the market that a) the fiscal path is now sustainable and b) that Bank of England hiking risk is reduced," said Antoine Bouvet, rates strategist at ING. BoE Governor Andrew Bailey said on Saturday: "As things stand today, my best guess is that inflationary pressures will require a stronger response than we perhaps thought in August."

☆ The world's second-richest man, Louis Vuitton's CEO, sold his private jet after people started tracking it on Twitter: 'No one can see where I go'
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-17 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Bernard Arnault said LVMH sold its private jet after Twitter accounts started tracking it. Antoine Arnault argued that a private plane gives executives an edge in the race to be first to a new product or deal. "We haven't found anything better than a private plane to win that race every day and be just a small step ahead of our competitors," he added. Arnault is not the only billionaire to come under fire in recent months for private jet usage. Other public figures have expressed safety concerns over the sharing of flight data on social media.

Organizers with Stop TxDOT I-45 said expanding in the area would hurt the predominantly Black and Latino communities along the stretch. Kendra London joined Stop TxDOT I-45 three years ago when she learned of the state’s plans to expand the highway. Stop TxDOT I-45 and Allendale Strong are two of more than 70 groups across the country that comprise the Freeway Fighters Network, a coalition of groups advocating for the dismantling of harmful highways and urging city leaders not to expand highways or build new ones. “We hadn’t actually stopped building new highways that still harm communities, predominantly communities of color. “We should be thinking about long-term repair,” Hood said, highlighting the Black communities affected by the highway.

☆ Renowned pianist Fats Domino has New Orleans street renamed in his honor
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-14 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The New Orleans street where one of the founders of rock ‘n’ roll spent most of his life is being renamed in his honor. A community-wide Second line and Musical Celebration begins at 11 a.m. Saturday at the longtime home of Antoine “Fats” Domino on Caffin Avenue, which will now be known as Antoine “Fats” Domino Avenue. Led by the Stooges Brass Band, the second line will proceed down the renamed street to Oliver Bush Park, where musical tributes to Domino will occur. Saturday’s free celebration will feature performances by Kermit Ruffin, Al “Carnival Time” Johnson, Al “Little Fats” Jackson and Domino’s grandson, Antoine Domino Jr.Rev. Storm surge flood waters poured into the Lower 9th Ward, knocking many homes off their foundations.

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