Posts by Riah Marton
Commodity currencies struggle, carry trade churn helps yen, Swiss franc
COMMODITY currencies slid to multi-week lows on Wednesday (Jul 24) on weakening raw material prices, with the heaviest selling against the yen which surged to its highest in two months as short sellers bailed out ahead of next week’s central bank meeting. The Canadian dollar hit a three-month low of C$1.38 per US dollar, ahead…
Read MoreLAU: Alberta awash in corporate welfare
Breadcrumb Trail Links News Alberta Canada Opinion Columnists As Ottawa impedes private investment, its latest bundle of economic development announcements underscores its strategy to have government take the lead in allocating economic resources, whether for infrastructure and public institutions or for corporate welfare to private companies. Published Jul 24, 2024 • Last updated 19 minutes ago…
Read MoreAll the Surprising Rules Put in Place for the 2024 Olympics – E! Online
Talking about a lack of air conditioning during the Summer Games is one way athletes can break the ice. Olympic organizers have opted to forgo a.c. in the Olympians’ rooms and instead rely on another way to stay cool. “We designed these buildings so that they would be comfortable places to live in in the…
Read MoreGet paid or sue? How the news business is combating the threat of AI
Journalist Javier Cabral wanted to test Google’s much-hyped, experimental artificial intelligence-powered search results. So he typed out a question about a topic he knew intimately: the Long Beach bakery Gusto Bread’s coffee. In less than a second, Google’s AI summarized information about the bakery in a few sentences and bullet points. But according to Cabral,…
Read MoreSingapore stocks end largely flat on Wednesday amid regional declines
SINGAPORE stocks closed largely flat on Wednesday (Jul 24), as regional markets mostly ended in the red. The benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) slipped 0.01 per cent or 0.34 point to 3,460.82. Across the broader market, losers outnumbered gainers 292 to 265, after 1.2 billion securities worth S$935.5 million changed hands. Elsewhere in the…
Read MoreFemale California Teacher Who Engaged in Sexual Intercourse with 8th-Grade Student on Graduation Day Sentenced to 4 Years
A Northern California teacher was sentenced Thursday to four years in prison for having sex with her 14-year-old student in a classroom on the day of his graduation, prosecutors said. Michelle Christine Solis, 46, pleaded no contest to having unlawful sex with an eighth-grade student in April under a plea deal in which a charge…
Read MoreCarmaker Aston Martin’s interim loss widens but sticks to FY growth outlook
ASTON Martin reported a bigger first-half loss on Wednesday (Jul 24) as the British luxury carmaker halted production of some old models ahead of new launches later this year, but reiterated guidance for hefty profit growth later this year. The company said wholesale volumes will be heavily weighted to the second half of the year,…
Read More2024 Olympics and Paralympics: Meet Team USA Going for Gold in Paris – E! Online
Jessica Parratto and Delaney Schnell After Jessica Parratto earned a silver medal in Tokyo for women’s synchronized 10m platform with partner Delaney Schnell—Team USA’s first-ever medal in that event—the 5-foot-2 athlete retired to, as she told NBC Sports, “finally be a normal person.” She did that for, like, a year until Schnell wooed her back…
Read MoreNCSS launches inaugural Sustainable Philanthropy Framework
Move is to better measure social impact of companies’ philanthropic efforts for better social outcomes MANY companies have shared that it remains challenging to concretise their contributions, particularly to social needs, said Masagos Zulkifli, Minister for Social and Family Development and Second Minister for Health, at the Singapore Apex Business Summit. “When I met with…
Read MorePhiladelphia Police Officer Who Fatally Shot 12-Year-Old in the Back Sentenced to 8 to 20 Years in Prison
A former Philadelphia police officer, Edsaul Mendoza, who shot and killed 12-year-old Thomas “TJ” Siderio, has been sentenced to eight to 20 years in prison. In April, Mendoza pleaded guilty to third-degree murder and possession of an instrument of crime as part of a plea deal with the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office after fatally shooting…
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