Steve Alexander explains how point guard T.J. McConnell has had success racking up assists for the Indiana Pacers off the bench.
TikTok owner ByteDance is working on a Clubhouse-like app for China, sources familiar with the matter said, as the global success of the U.S.-based audio chat service inspires a rush of copycats in the country. At least a dozen similar apps have been launched in the past month, with momentum picking up after Clubhouse was blocked in China in early February. Clubhouse had seen a surge in users who participated in discussions on sensitive topics such as Xinjiang detention camps and Hong Kong independence.
The number of employees in Germany on reduced hours as part of pandemic-related short-time work schemes rose to 2.8 million in February from 2.7 million in the previous month, the Ifo economic institute said on Thursday. This represented 8.5% of overall employees after 8.1% in January, the Ifo institute said, adding that the estimate was based on replies from its monthly business sentiment survey. "The picture is divided: while short-time increased, especially in hospitality and retailing, it is going down in manufacturing," Ifo labour market expert Sebastian Link said.
When six-year-old Ainara Fuertes was in pain with an ear infection late last year, her parents wanted to take her to an emergency room at their local public hospital in the Madrid suburb of Valdeolmos-Alalpardo. Ainara has since recovered, but her parents Diana and Javier decided, like hundreds of thousands of people across western Europe, to sign up for private health insurance to complement state coverage. In Spain alone, almost 470,000 people signed up to health policies last year, a 47% increase from 2019.
Asian shares fell Thursday, tracking a decline on Wall Street as another rise in bond yields rattled investors who worry that higher inflation may prompt central banks to raise ultra-low interest rates. Benchmarks were lower in most major markets and the dollar rose against the Japanese yen. When yields rise quickly, as they have in recent weeks, it forces Wall Street to rethink the value of stocks.
The death of South Korea's first known transgender soldier, who was discharged last year for undergoing gender reassignment surgery, sparked calls from advocacy groups and activists for better protections and acknowledgement of transgender residents. Byun Hui-su, 23, who was a staff sergeant before being discharged, was found dead by emergency officials at her home in the city of Cheongju, south of Seoul, on Wednesday. "Byun's death resonated even more with the public because the military and this society refused to acknowledge the change," Rainbow Action Against Sexual-Minority Discrimination of Korea, an umbrella association of group of 40 sexual minority groups, said in a statement.
The world-leading provider of solutions to better life Haier's COSMOPlat topped the list of China's 15 leading domestic cross-industry and cross-domain industrial internet platforms unveiled by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology at the end of 2020. The evaluation was an effort to boost the development of China's industrial internet.
Board Changes Alliance Trust PLC is pleased to announce that Sarah Bates and Dean Buckley have been appointed as independent non-executive directors of the Company and will join the Board with immediate effect. Karl Sternberg, the Company’s Senior Independent Director, will stand down from the Board on 30 June 2021. Sarah will succeed Karl in that role from that date. Commenting on the changes, Gregor Stewart, Chairman of Alliance Trust PLC, said: "I am delighted to welcome Sarah and Dean to the Board. Both bring with them skills and experience that will complement those of the current Directors. At the same time, I would like to thank Karl for the significant contribution he has made to the Board since he was appointed. Karl is one of three Directors appointed in 2015 and is standing down as part of the Company’s succession plan.” NOTES: Sarah is a past Chair of the Association of Investment Companies and has been involved in the UK savings and investment industry in different roles for over 30 years. Sarah is currently Chair of Polar Capital Technology Trust plc, a Non-Executive Director of Worldwide Healthcare Trust PLC, Chair of the John Lewis Partnership Trust for Pensions and an independent member of the investment committees of the BBC Pension Scheme and of the University Superannuation Scheme. Sarah was a founder of the Diversity Project and is currently Chair of the Diversity Project Charity and an Ambassador for Chapter Zero. Ms. Bates was previously Chair of Merian Global Investors Limited, St James’ Place plc, JP Morgan American Investment Trust plc, Witan Pacific Investment Trust plc (now Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust PLC) and Chair of the audit committees of New India Investment Trust plc and of U and I Group plc. Ms. Bates also previously held the role of Senior Independent Director at St James’s Place plc, Witan Pacific Investment Trust plc and U and I Group plc. Ms. Bates has no other disclosures to make under Listing Rule 9.6.13 (1) to (6). Dean has enjoyed a successful career in fund management having previously been Chief Executive Officer of Scottish Widows Investment Partnership and HSBC Asset Management UK and Middle East as well as holding senior fund management positions at Prudential Portfolio Managers. Dean was also previously a Non-Executive Director of Saunderson House Limited. Dean is currently Chair of the Audit Committee, Remuneration Committee and Senior Independent Director of JP Morgan Asia Growth & Income plc, Senior Independent Director of Fidelity Special Values PLC and a Non-Executive Director of Baillie Gifford & Co Limited and Smith & Williamson Fund Administration Limited. Mr. Buckley has no other disclosures to make under Listing Rule 9.6.13 (1) to (6). About Alliance Trust PLC Alliance Trust aims to deliver long-term capital growth and rising income from investing in global equities at a competitive cost. We blend the top stock selections of some of the world’s best active managers, as rated by Willis Towers Watson, into a single diversified portfolio designed to outperform the market while carefully managing risk and volatility. Alliance Trust is an AIC Dividend Hero with 54 consecutive years of rising dividends. https://www.alliancetrust.co.uk For more information, please contact: Mark Atkinson Head of Marketing and Investor Relations Sarah Gibbons-CookAlliance Trust PLC Quill PRTel: 07918 724303 Tel: 020 7466 5050 / AllianceTrust@quillpr.com
TikTok owner ByteDance is working on a Clubhouse-like app for China, sources familiar with the matter said, as the global success of the U.S.-based audio chat service inspires a rush of copycats in the country. At least a dozen similar apps have been launched in the past month, with momentum picking up after Clubhouse was blocked in China in early February. Clubhouse had seen a surge in users who participated in discussions on sensitive topics such as Xinjiang detention camps and Hong Kong independence.
The directors of nine of the animated films under consideration for Academy Award nominations will discuss their craft in a free online PreVIEW event Friday, March 5, beginning at 10 a.m. PT. “Animated Features Oscar Contenders – A Directors’ Discussion,” presented by the VIEW Conference, features Glen Keane (“Over the Moon”); Pete Docter and Kemp […]
In Jackson, where 80% of residents are Black, the cold led to breakages in the city’s ageing pipes, leaving thousands of its residents without running water Rodrick Readus carries a reusable water container outside his apartment in Jackson, Mississippi. Photograph: Rory Doyle/The Guardian As the sound of rainwater droplets crescendoed around him, Rodrick Readus stood by his front door and took a moment to reflect on the many indignities of the past fortnight. “It’s just the simple fact you can’t wash your hands,” he said. “You can’t take a bath. Every time I touch something I know I’m not clean.” Like every other resident in his two-story apartment complex, Readus has been without running water since mid-February, when Jackson, Mississippi’s state capital, was lashed by two back-to-back winter storms. They crippled the city’s ailing water infrastructure and left thousands of residents now entering their third week without flowing pipes. While most national and international attention has focused on the aftermath of the storms in Texas, Mississippi has been largely ignored. Buckets, jugs, bottles and plastic trays litter the ground outside Readus’s apartment complex, many are perched under gutters to capture the rainwater before it disperses into the mud. It’s the water he uses to flush his toilet. Buckets of water used for flushing the toilet in a resident’s bathtub in Jackson, Mississippi, on Tuesday. Photograph: Rory Doyle/The Guardian The 47-year-old self-employed home repairman has no car, meaning he relies on family members and neighbours to drop off small containers of non-potable water to wash his dishes, which are piling up in the sink. He has already spent a few hundred dollars on bottled water to drink, an amount he simply cannot afford. “We are all citizens and there’s no excuse for this,” Readus said. “Don’t treat us as second class because we don’t have the things that others do.” The winter storms, which crippled power sources throughout the US south, brought record low temperatures to parts of Mississippi. In Jackson, where 80% of residents are Black, the cold led to at least 96 breakages in the city’s ageing pipes, which, combined with power outages, lead to catastrophically low pressure throughout its water system. As of Monday evening 35 breakages remained, and although pressure was slowly coming back, thousands of residents are without water. Most of them in the city’s south, which sits on higher ground and is furthest away from the treatment plant. A citywide boil notice remains in effect and officials have offered no timeline for full restoration. Brean Edmond Jr pumps flush water into buckets in the back of a resident’s truck at a water distribution site in Jackson, Mississippi. Photograph: Rory Doyle/The Guardian K’Acia Drummer, a 27 year-old middle school teacher, also lives in south Jackson. She tried in vain to stick it out at her apartment after the ice receded last month, but with no running water and the increasing cost ($40 a day) of purchasing bottled water, she elected to leave and stay with friends. She returned home on Tuesday hoping to see her water restored but felt a sinking feeling as the taps dribbled an insignificant stream and her toilet still wouldn’t fill. “I feel displaced,” she said. “Now I know what it feels like to live without basic necessities, and it’s one of those things that puts you in a different place mentally. My anxiety has been through the roof.” With no shower water, she plans to bathe at her gym. With no functioning toilet, she has decided to “take in less fluids”. Jackson’s mayor, Chokwe Antar Lumumba, has said the city requires $2bn to revitalize its ailing piping and treatment system. He compared the city’s pipes to peanut brittle, explaining that as repair crews move in to fix the pipes, one repair can lead to another breakage. K’Acia Drummer resorts to bottled drinking water to flush her toilet, brush her teeth, cook and wash dishes at her apartment in Jackson, Mississippi. Photograph: Rory Doyle/The Guardian Mississippi, American’s poorest state, has long faced chronic infrastructure problems. A 2020 report card published by the American Society of Civil Engineers gave the state a D+ grade, noting decaying systems across roads, energy, solid waste and a host of other essential services. On its drinking water systems, the report noted some were losing as much as 50% of treated water due to breakages and that certain systems were still dependent on pipes laid in the 1920s. “Many of these networks have aged past their useful life span,” the report notes. But at a press conference on Monday, Mayor Lumumba made clear that the changing climate was exacerbating the issue. “One thing that is clear is that our winters are colder, our summers are hotter and the rain we experience is more abundant,” he said, pointing out that the city’s outdoor water treatment facility was simply not built to endure the cold. “And so not only do we need this investment because of the ageing infrastructure we need this investment because of the increased pressure that these extreme weather conditions are taking.” Jackson is far from unique, as Texas’s widespread power outages last month revealed, but with systems across the US faltering under the climate crisis, experts predict these catastrophic events are likely to become more and more frequent. “The climate is changing. Infrastructure is ageing. Funding for updating infrastructure is decreasing. And we as a society do not like thinking about paying for infrastructure, we only typically do when there is something as dramatic as the Flint water crisis or hurricane Katrina,” said Professor Martin Doyle, a director of the water policy program at Duke University. The OB Curtis water treatment plant remains active near Jackson, Mississippi. Photograph: Rory Doyle/The Guardian In Jackson, the city has moved to raise sales taxes in order to pay for water and sewage upgrades in the wake of the crisis, but Mayor Lumumba made clear on Monday he believed the federal government should also be offering financial assistance. Doyle points out that until the 1980s the federal government was a major source of water infrastructure funding, which was “largely taken away … so cities and utilities are now on their own financially and they are having to figure it out”. The issue was the subject of a major investigation by the Guardian last year. At the Forest Hill high school in south Jackson a steady stream of residents queued for non-potable water being distributed by national guard troops on Tuesday morning. Residents came with buckets, milk bottles, bins and tankers, anything to bring home as many gallons as possible. Many did not want to talk during what was an intimate, and for some almost humiliating, moment of need. But Cedric Weeks, a local restaurant owner who had been forced to temporarily close his business, took a moment to reflect. Cedric Weeks poses for a portrait after filling his 900 gallon container at a water distribution site in Jackson, Mississippi on Tuesday. Photograph: Rory Doyle/The Guardian “I saw [the water crisis in] Flint and I didn’t flinch at it,” he said. “But to be in that predicament now. I see the major need of water. I’ve never lived without it. So to have to haul it and to have to flush toilets and take baths with what you hauled … it’s terrible, you know.” It was something one of the troops themselves could relate to. Specialist Christopher Shannon, out to assist residents and media with queries about the operation, had also been living without water for two weeks. “You hate to see people struggle, but we love to come out and help,” he said. “No one expected it. Nothing is built for winter out here … You can prepare all you want, but if you’re not built for it, you’re not built for it.”
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U.K. magazine The Big Issue has partnered with digital distribution platform Alchimie to launch documentary and factual-focused SVOD channel The Big Issue TV (TBI TV). The Big Issue is a weekly entertainment and current affairs magazine that provides homeless people across the U.K. legitimate income. These individuals become vendors who buy the publication for £1.50 […]
(Bloomberg) -- Yemen’s Houthi rebels said they launched missile and drone strikes against a Saudi Arabian oil facility and a military base, as their attacks on the kingdom’s energy and security installations multiply.The Houthis, who are backed by Iran, said they bombed an air base in Saudi Arabia’s southwest with a drone and hit a Saudi Aramco fuel depot in the city of Jeddah.While most of the strikes claimed by the Houthis cause limited damage and few casualties, their frequency has roiled energy and shipping markets in the oil-rich Persian Gulf. Brent crude rose 0.5% to $64.40 a barrel on Thursday, extending this year’s gains to 24%.The official Saudi Press agency tweeted that the government had intercepted a “ballistic missile fired by the terrorist Houthi militia” toward Jazan, which is on the Red Sea coast near the Yemeni border.Aramco and the Saudi government’s Center for International Communication did not immediately respond to requests for comment.Yemen WarThe Houthis have been fighting Yemen’s United Nations-recognized government since 2014. A Saudi-led coalition intervened the following year on the side of the government. The UN has called the conflict -- in which tens of thousands of people have died -- the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.Former U.S. President Donald Trump classified the Houthis as a terrorist organization last year, shortly after a number of attacks on oil tankers in the Red Sea. His successor, Joe Biden, rescinded that designation, saying it was hindering the efforts of aid workers to provide food and shelter to Yemenis living under Houthi control.Biden’s administration has vowed to end the conflict. Last month, it halted U.S. support for Saudi Arabia’s offensive operations and appointed Tim Lenderking, a former senior State Department official, to lead American peace efforts.The Houthis claimed a missile strike on a Jeddah depot owned by Aramco, the world’s biggest oil company, in November. The attack didn’t cause any casualties.Gulf TensionsLate last month, the Houthis targeted Riyadh, the Saudi capital, with drones and missiles. Saudi authorities said most were intercepted, and shrapnel rained down on parts of the city.Tensions have also escalated elsewhere in the Gulf. On Wednesday, the Pentagon said it may respond to a rocket assault on a military base in western Iraq hosting its troops, which led to the death of an American contractor from a heart attack. No group has yet claimed responsibility for the strike on the Al Asad Airbase. It comes ahead of a visit by Pope Francis to Iraq this week.After a similar attack on a northern Iraqi base last month, the U.S. carried out air strikes against Iran-backed fighters in Syria.(Updates throughout.)For more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.comSubscribe now to stay ahead with the most trusted business news source.©2021 Bloomberg L.P.
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - March 4, 2021) - Nextleaf Solutions Ltd. (CSE: OILS) (OTCQB: OILFF) (FSE: L0MA) ("Nextleaf", "OILS", or the "Company"), the world's most innovative cannabis processor, is pleased to announce the initial order of Nextleaf's Rapid Emulsion Technology by OILS™ ("Rapid") THC and CBD to cannabis-infused beverage manufacturer, BevCanna Enterprises Inc. ("BevCanna"). With this initial order, Nextleaf's Rapid concentrate becomes one of BevCanna's preferred ingredients, available for use in both ...
The Reconstruction Agency, a government agency overseeing work on recovery from the Great East Japan Earthquake, opened a portal site titled "Fukushima Updates" on March 4, 2021, to accurately and clearly send out information in English, simplified and traditional Chinese, Korean, and Japanese regarding questions and concerns that people, mainly overseas, have over the safety of Fukushima and Japan.
Lundin Energy AB (Lundin Energy) is pleased to announce that Nick Walker, President and CEO, will be presenting at a virtual town hall meeting for investors on Thursday, 18 March 2021 at 18:00 CET followed by a question and answer session, where he will be joined by Teitur Poulsen, CFO. Register for the live event here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_nmoiD9gOR6KzN-tYeNoLEQ or at www.lundin-energy.com. A copy of the virtual town hall meeting presentation will be available on Lundin Energy’s website prior to the meeting. Lundin Energy is an experienced Nordic oil and gas company that explores for, develops and produces resources economically, efficiently and responsibly. We focus on value creation for our shareholders and wider stakeholders through three strategic pillars: Resilience, Sustainability and Growth. Our high quality, low cost assets mean we are resilient to oil price volatility, and our organic growth strategy, combined with our sustainable approach and commitment to decarbonisation, firmly establishes our leadership role in a lower carbon energy future. (Nasdaq Stockholm: LUNE). For more information, please visit us at www.lundin-energy.com or download our App www.myirapp.com/lundin For further information, please contact: Edward WestroppVP Investor RelationsTel: +41 22 595 10 14edward.westropp@lundin-energy.com Robert ErikssonHead of Media CommunicationsTel: +46 701 11 26 15robert.eriksson@lundin-energy.com Forward-looking statements Certain statements made and information contained herein constitute “forward-looking information” (within the meaning of applicable securities legislation). Such statements and information (together, “forward-looking statements”) relate to future events, including Lundin Energy’s future performance, business prospects or opportunities. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements with respect to estimates of reserves and/or resources, future production levels, future capital expenditures and their allocation to exploration and development activities, future drilling and other exploration and development activities. Ultimate recovery of reserves or resources are based on forecasts of future results, estimates of amounts not yet determinable and assumptions of management. All statements other than statements of historical fact may be forward-looking statements. Statements concerning proven and probable reserves and resource estimates may also be deemed to constitute forward-looking statements and reflect conclusions that are based on certain assumptions that the reserves and resources can be economically exploited. Any statements that express or involve discussions with respect to predictions, expectations, beliefs, plans, projections, objectives, assumptions or future events or performance (often, but not always, using words or phrases such as “seek”, “anticipate”, “plan”, “continue”, “estimate”, “expect”, “may”, “will”, “project”, “predict”, “potential”, “targeting”, “intend”, “could”, “might”, “should”, “believe” and similar expressions) are not statements of historical fact and may be “forward-looking statements”. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results or events to differ materially from those anticipated in such forward-looking statements. No assurance can be given that these expectations and assumptions will prove to be correct and such forward-looking statements should not be relied upon. These statements speak only as on the date of the information and Lundin Energy does not intend, and does not assume any obligation, to update these forward-looking statements, except as required by applicable laws. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties relating to, among other things, operational risks (including exploration and development risks), productions costs, availability of drilling equipment, reliance on key personnel, reserve estimates, health, safety and environmental issues, legal risks and regulatory changes, competition, geopolitical risk, and financial risks. These risks and uncertainties are described in more detail under the heading “Risk management” and elsewhere in Lundin Energy’s Annual Report. Readers are cautioned that the foregoing list of risk factors should not be construed as exhaustive. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are expressly qualified by this cautionary statement. Attachment Lundin Energy - virtual town hall meeting for investors - V5 - 20210304en
PunchOut2Go, a leader in cloud B2B eProcurement and eCommerce integration, announced today that it has achieved ISO / IEC 27001 certification for its information security management systems supporting PunchOut2Go's cloud Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) and integration software. The certification was performed by DQS, Inc. a third-party accredited Certification Body (CB).
Exscientia, a clinical stage pharmatech pioneering the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to design new drugs, today announced that funds managed by BlackRock joined the Company’s Series C investment round. Including existing Series C investors, Novo Holdings, Evotec, Bristol Myers Squibb, and GT Healthcare Capital, the round totalled $100 million in funding.
Opting for shared mobility is way more cost-effective than buying an automobile and then maintaining it throughout its lifetime. This is why the Indian shared mobility market will witness a massive 56.8% CAGR between 2020 and 2025. At this rate, the revenue generated from the provision of such services across the country is expected to increase from $1,025.8 million in 2019 to $3,952.8 million by 2025, according to P&S Intelligence.
Press release March 4, 2021, 08:00 Management in Sdiptech AB (publ) acquires shares via exercise of warrants Today, Sdiptech announces that everyone in the company's management will use their holdings of warrants, corresponding to a total of 157,900 shares, of the 2018/2021 series to acquire new B shares. Everyone in the management intend to keep the shares. During the spring of 2018, a long-term incentive programme was introduced for managers and senior executives in Sdiptech, as adopted by the Extraordinary General Meeting of 5 March 2018. The programme aims to enhance motivation among managers and senior executives to develop the company. The programme is based on warrants for Class B shares and is issued in three series, of which the first series is now being exercised. The warrants in this program, series 2018/2021, give holders the right to convert them into shares. A total of 222,100 Series B shares are exercised through a new share issue, which means that the company will receive SEK 13.3 million in shareholders’ equity. The total outstanding number of Series B shares after the issue amounts to 31,863,927. For additional information, please contact: Bengt Lejdström, CFO, +46 702 74 22 00, bengt.lejdstrom@sdiptech.comMy Lundberg, IR & Sustainability Manager, +46 703 61 18 10, my.lundberg@sdiptech.com Sdiptech's common share of series B share is traded under the short name SDIP B with ISIN code SE0003756758. Sdiptech AB's preferred shares are traded under the short name SDIP PREF with ISIN code SE0006758348. Sdiptech AB's Certified Adviser at Nasdaq First North Premier Growth Market is Erik Penser Bank, +468-463 83 00, certifiedadviser@penser.se. Further information is available on the company's website: www.sdiptech.com Sdiptech AB is a technology group with a primary focus on infrastructure segments critical to well-functioning societies and to welfare, e.g. water & sanitation, power & energy, transportation, energy efficiency and air climate. As part of our offering in urban areas, we also provide niched technical services for buildings and real-estate such as renovation of elevators and roofs. The company has approximately SEK 2,000 million in sales and is based in Stockholm. The information was provided by the above contact persons for publication March 4, at 08:00 CET. Attachment Sdiptech_Warrents_20210304_Eng
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