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☆ Movement to ban TikTok: What midterms could mean for future of app
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-05 | by ( David Ingram | David Ingram Covers Tech For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +8 min

The effort to ban TikTok is back, and it could gain more strength after the midterm elections. Alex Brandon / AP fileExperts said there’s a steep hill to climb for those who want a total TikTok ban, but the midterms could provide a push. The renewed push for a TikTok ban or forced sale is taking place while the company is in negotiations with the Biden administration on a potential written security agreement. TikTok says it believes the agreement would address not only privacy concerns but how the app moderates content. Rubio is co-sponsoring legislation to ban TikTok from all U.S. government devices.

☆ Family of Detroit man killed by police during mental health crisis sues city, 5 officers for $50 million
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-02 | by ( Minyvonne Burke | Minyvonne Burke Is A Senior Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

The mother of a young Detroit man shot more than a dozen times by police during a mental health crisis filed a $50 million lawsuit against the city and five unidentified officers. Burks' brother informed officers that the 20-year-old was in the midst of a mental health crisis and only had a pocketknife on him, the lawsuit said. "The Department will continue to advocate for greater resources for the mental health community and will take every opportunity to improve its response to people suffering from mental illness," he said. "We firmly believe that if appropriate mental health facilities and treatment plans had been available, this situation may have been avoided. Regrettably, the DPD remains the primary emergency response service for individuals suffering from mental health emergencies."

☆ Wyndham CEO: Travel demand remains strong despite economic conditions
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-01 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

In this videoShare Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailWyndham CEO: Travel demand remains strong despite economic conditionsGeoffrey Ballotti, Wyndham Hotels and Resorts president and CEO, joins 'The Exchange' to discuss Wyndham's newest brand, Echo Suites by Wyndham, and the demand for hotels by consumers.

☆ Kevin Spacey denies Anthony Rapp's allegation and testifies about 'terrifying' upbringing as the son of a 'neo-Nazi'
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-17 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | Daniel Arkin | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

In a significant development Monday, the judge overseeing the trial tossed out Rapp's claim for intentional infliction of emotional distress. Judge Lewis A. Kaplan said that claim "repeats and re-alleges" Rapp's allegation of battery. The actor testified that he "certainly had a degree of shame" about being gay because he grew up with his father's hateful views. Spacey is expected to rebut Rapp's allegation of sexual misconduct on Monday afternoon following a roughly hour-long lunch break. Rapp testified that Spacey invited him to a party at his apartment.

☆ ‘The Titanium Economy’ Review: Making It in America
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Geoffrey Cain | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

After many grueling nights designing and building a car in “makeshift tents,” Elon Musk emerged with a prescient lesson for Tesla. “The issue is not about coming up with a car design—it’s absolutely about the production system,” Mr. Musk said in 2019, during the unveiling of the car maker’s SUV, the Model Y. “You want to have a good product to build, but that’s basically the easy part. The factory is the hard part.”Mr. Musk wanted to take vertical integration—or control over the supply chain—to what he’s since called “absurd” heights. In February 2022, the federal government announced that supply-chain issues meant that American manufacturers had five days’ worth of chips in their inventories—an emergency shortage compared to their 40-day supplies three years earlier.

☆ 'Murder, She Wrote' actress Angela Lansbury dead at age 96
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Will Dunham | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Nearly seven decades after her first film, she was awarded an honorary Oscar for lifetime achievement at age 88 in November 2013. "I feel really undeserving of this gorgeous chap," Lansbury said, referring to the golden Oscar statuette she was given. "Not since the heyday of Bette Davis had there been an actress of this range and accomplishment," wrote critic David Shipman. Lansbury was born in London in 1925 and went to the United States in 1940 to avoid the war with her mother, actress Moyna McGill, who appeared in several Hollywood films. Lansbury, who lived in Los Angeles, married actor Richard Cromwell in 1945 but the union lasted less than a year.

☆ The 26 most important VCs in Miami, according to other VCs
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-23 | by ( April Joyner | Emilia David | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Miami's tech-startup scene has heated up in the past two years as VCs have flocked to the city. Early-stage funding to the area has topped $2 billion this year, according to Crunchbase. Insider asked VCs to identify the top investors in the Miami area. Despite the slowdown in venture-capital investments this year, early-stage funding flowing to the Miami area is set to eclipse last year's total, according to Crunchbase, with more than $2 billion already invested. Insider asked venture capitalists and other prominent tech figures which investors Miami-area founders should get to know.

☆ Former US Attorney says he's frightened by the 'prospect of a second Trump administration': 'I shudder to think about it'
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-18 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Former US Attorney Geoffrey Berman said the potential for a second Trump administration "frightens me." Berman said Trump would repeat "all of the dangerous and outrageous things he did as president" in a second term. The prospect of a second Trump administration frightens me," Berman said. If there's a second administration, he'll be free of those concerns." At a rally in Youngstown, Ohio this weekend, Trump decried the "unprecedented weaponization of the Justice Department and the FBI," NBC reported.

☆ Remote work is killing Florida as a retirement paradise
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-11 | by ( Gadel Valle | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

Housing prices, combined with the rise of remote work, threaten to end the middle-class dream of spending your final days in Florida. "It does put the retirement industry at risk because it's going to become more and more difficult" to retire in Florida, he told me. The political influence of Florida retirees is so significant that national publications send reporters to The Villages before elections to check its political pulse. The dream of a Florida retirement is dying as housing prices make it too expensive for most. And for people who are retiring now, the Florida retirement dream is starting to look a lot less sunny.

☆ La doar 18 ani are o avere de peste 3 miliarde de dolari. Topul celor mai bogați tineri din lume în anul 2021
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-08 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +6 min

La doar 18 ani are o avere de peste 3 miliarde de dolari. Topul celor mai bogați tineri din lume în anul 2021Tradițional, în fiecare an, revista Forbes întocmește topul celor mai bogați oameni din întreaga lume. Cea mai tânără persoană din listă are 18 ani și o avere de peste trei miliarde de dolari. Alexandra este pasionată de hipism și a câștigat multiple premii și onoruri în competiții de dresaj de cai. Vezi aici și topul celor mai bogați oameni din întreaga lume în anul 2021.

Persons: Kevin David Lehmann, Lehmann, Werner, Guenther, Kevin David, Wang Zelong, Hua Yuan Titanium, Alexandra Andresen, Katharina Andresen, Alexandra, Katharina, Austin Russell, Russell, Universitatea Stanford . Russell, Gustav Magnar Witzoe, Gustav Magnar, Gustav, Andy Fang, Stanley Tang, Acum, Sam Bankman, Biden, Jonathan Kwok, Walter Kwok, Sun, Kai, Walter, Thomas, Raymond ., Jonathan, Geoffrey, Frații Organizations: Forbes, Wang, Hua Yuan Titanium Dioxide, Compania, Ferd Holdings, Universitatea Stanford, Volvo, Toyota, Universitatea Stanford ., ASA, Fang, Alameda Research, Empire Group Locations: Germania, Karlsruhe, China, Shenzhen, Norvegia, Gustav Magnar Witzoe, norvegian, Fang, DoorDash, New York, Hong Kong, Empire Group Holdings, SHKP

☆ Atleta din Kenya, Ruth Chepngetich, a doborât recordul mondial la semimaraton
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-04 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: 1 min

Atleta din Kenya, Ruth Chepngetich a doborât recordul mondial la semimaraton. La Istanbul, în Turcia, sportiva de 26 de ani a alergat distanța de 21,09 kilometri într-o oră 4 minute și 2 secunde. Astfel, Chepngetich a depășit cu 29 de secunde precedentul record, stabilit de atleta din Etiopia, Ababel Yeshaneh, în februarie 2020. Kibiwott Kandie a triumfat cu timpul de 59 de minute și 35 de secunde. El l-a devansat cu 3 secunde pe Geoffrey Kamworor și cu 11 secunde pe Roncer Kipkorir.

Persons: Ruth Chepngetich, Chepngetich, El, Geoffrey Kamworor Organizations: Kibiwott Locations: Atleta, Kenya, semimaraton, Istanbul, Turcia, atleta, Etiopia, Ababel, Kenia

☆ FMI vede semne ale unei redresări globale mai solide, dar riscurile semnificative rămân
▼ + stars: | 2021-03-21 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +2 min

Sursa foto: azernews.azFMI vede semne ale unei redresări globale mai solide, dar riscurile semnificative rămânGeoffrey Okamoto, prim adjunct al directorului general al Fondului Monetar Internaţional (FMI), a apreciat că se întrevăd semnele unei redresări economice globale mai solide, dar a avertizat că rămân riscuri semnificative, inclusiv extinderea pandemiei de coronavirus (COVID-19), transmit Reuters și Agerpres. În aprilie, FMI va actualiza previziunile din ianuarie, care indicau un avans al economiei mondiale de 5,5% în acest an, pentru a reflecta măsurile suplimentare de sprijin adoptate în SUA, a declarat Okamoto, fără a oferi detalii. Deja China s-a redresat la nivelul de creştere de dinaintea pandemiei, înaintea tuturor marilor economii, deşi consumul privat este încă în urma investiţiilor. În afara Chinei, însă, există semne îngrijorătoare ale adâncirii decalajului între economiile avansate şi cele emergente, a afirmat Okamoto. Acesta a adăugat că perspectivele rămân "excepţional" de nesigure, este neclar cât va dura pandemia, iar accesul la vaccinuri rămâne extrem de inegal, atât în economiile avansate, cât şi cele emergente.

Persons: Geoffrey Okamoto, Okamoto, creştere Organizations: Monetar, FMI, Reuters Locations: SUA, Chinei, China

☆ Meet the GOP's biggest Hollywood donors
▼ + stars: | 2020-08-26 | by ( Dave Levinthal | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

America First Action, the most notable super PAC backing President Donald Trump, has directly criticized Hollywood. Donors from Hollywood-area ZIP codes also rank among the most generous donors to key Republican senators, including Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Marco Rubio of Florida. 3 donor ZIP code in the nation, trailing only ZIP codes in Houston and Palm Beach, Florida, which is home to his Mar-a-Lago Club resort. Bill Pugliano/Getty ImagesTrump continues to profit from HollywoodIn messages to supporters this year, Trump has decried "liberal HOLLYWOOD donors" and "MEGA HOLLYWOOD DONORS," while his son Donald Trump Jr. has castigated the "Hollywood Elite." As president, Trump's pension earned him more than $84,000 in 2017, about $91,000 in 2018, and about $78,000 in 2019, his personal financial disclosures showed.

☆ Trump's most important 2016 donor is sitting out 2020
▼ + stars: | 2020-07-24 | by ( Dave Levinthal | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +20 min

Robert and Rebekah Mercer ranked among President Donald Trump's most influential backers in 2016. A representative for Priorities USA Action, a leading pro-Biden super PAC, said the organization wasn't underestimating Trump's reelection forces, Mercers or no Mercers. (Bossie, like former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski and many others, has recently found himself back in Trump's favor.) The Cambridge Analytica data that the Trump campaign paid for was "so stupidly wrong" and a "complete joke," Spicer added. But sources familiar with the Mercers' political spending said they have no evidence that the Mercers are doing so.

☆ ‘The Rebel and the Kingdom’ Review: Rebel With a Righteous Cause
▼ + stars: | 2019-02-22 | by ( Geoffrey Cain | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

On Feb. 22, 2019, a man calling himself Matthew Chao knocked on the door of the North Korean embassy in Madrid, with a gift for the embassy’s highest-ranking official. The North Korean worker who answered the door escorted the visitor inside and went to fetch his boss. The North Korean captives probably thought the vigilantes were paramilitary operatives on a mission to kidnap or kill them. But “Matthew Chao” was an activist and human-rights campaigner, not an assassin. His real name was Adrian Hong Chang, and his plan was to fake a kidnapping of North Korean diplomat So Yun-suk, who had asked for his help defecting.

Regina Elisabeta a II-a este şeful Casei de Windsor, Casa Regală a Regatului Unit al Marii Britanii şi Irlandei de Nord. După ce tatăl său a urcat pe tron, prinţesa Elisabeta a devenit moştenitoare a tronului, având titlul de Alteţa Sa Regală Prinţesa Elisabeta. Regele George al VI-lea a murit la 6 februarie 1952, iar Elisabeta a fost proclamată suverană a Regatului Unit al Marii Britanii şi Irlandei de Nord, sub numele de Elisabeta a II-a. Întreaga ceremonie a fost transmisă la radio, însă, pentru prima oară, a fost transmisă şi la televizor în întreaga lume. La 6 februarie 2017, regina Elisabeta a II-a a devenit şi primul monarh britanic care a sărbătorit jubileul de safir - un eveniment ce a marcat împlinirea a 65 de ani de când a urcat pe tronul Marii Britanii.

Persons: Elisabeta a II, regina Elisabeta a II, Regina Elisabeta a II, Elizabeth Alexandra Mary, Winsdor, Albert, York, George al VI - lea, George al V - lea, Mary, Bowes, ducesă de York . Regina Elisabeta a II, Regele George al V - lea, dinastiei Saxa -, Windsor, prinţesa Elisabeta, Margareta, Mamă, Eduard al VIII - lea, Albert de York, Prinţesa Elisabeta, Elisabeta, Prinţesa, prinţul Philip Mountbatten, Andrew, Greciei, Prinţul Philip, prinţul Charles de Wales, Anne, prinţul Andrew, prinţul Edward, Regele George al VI - lea, Geoffrey Fisher, arhiepiscop, Regina, Majestatea Sa, suverana, Regina Elisabeta a II -, reginei Victoria, regina Elisabeta a II -, reginei Elisabeta a II, prinţul, Philip, prinţul Philip Organizations: Casa Regală, Grenadieri, Marina Britanică, Westminster Abbey, ONU, Commonwealth, Diamant Locations: Castelul Windsor, Londra, Londrei, Regatului Unit al Marii Britanii, Irlandei de Nord, Lion, Windsor, dinastiei, dinastiei Saxa - Coburg, Gotha, Westminster, Edinburgh, Canterbury, Regatul Unit, Imperiul Britanic, Australia, Noua Zeelandă, SUA, canadian, Ottawa, Canada, Statele Unite ale Americii, Montreal, Kuweit, Bahrain, Arabia Saudită, Qatar, Emiratele Arabe Unite, Oman, Irlanda, britanic, Marii Britanii, Regatului Unit, străinătate, britanice

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