Monday, August 20, 2018

How to Ask for Help and Actually Get It

A woman received a helping hand while navigating a stroller down stairs at a subway station in New York. https://ift.tt/2w0Jp5Z support@endlesssupplies.biz (Endless Supplies .Biz) August 20, 2018 at 01:01PM

In Alabama, Challenging Hidden Racial Discrimination

A downtown Birmingham, Ala. McDonald’s. A federal appeals court recently issued a major decision resurrecting a discrimination lawsuit brought by Birmingham fast-food workers against the state. https://ift.tt/2N13OhW support@endlesssupplies.biz (Endless Supplies .Biz) August 20, 2018 at 01:01PM

Poor Countries Have an Unlikely Ally Close to the White House

Overseas Private Investment Corporation’s chief executive, Ray Washburne, at his home in Dallas, Texas. https://ift.tt/2MmBdam support@endlesssupplies.biz (Endless Supplies .Biz) August 20, 2018 at 01:01PM

Will Pope Francis Take His Own Advice for Church Reform?

Pope Francis arriving onstage to meet Italian youth at the Circo Massimo in Rome last week. https://ift.tt/2N13EXS support@endlesssupplies.biz (Endless Supplies .Biz) August 20, 2018 at 01:01PM

What to Cook: What to Cook Right Now

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Kim Jong-un Focuses on Economy as Nuclear Talks With U.S. Stall

Kim Jong-un, left, inspecting the construction of a hydroelectric power plant in North Hamgyong Province, North Korea, in an undated photograph provided by the official Korean Central News Agency last month. https://ift.tt/2N13BeE support@endlesssupplies.biz (Endless Supplies .Biz) August 20, 2018 at 01:01PM

PepsiCo to Buy SodaStream for $3.2 Billion, in Push for Healthier Options

The acquisition of SodaStream is the latest step in a plan to to reorient PepsiCo toward healthier products. https://ift.tt/2MnYatP support@endlesssupplies.biz (Endless Supplies .Biz) August 20, 2018 at 01:01PM

Kofi Annan’s Tragic Idealism

Kofi Annan speaking at a ceremonial ringing of the Peace Bell during the 61st General Assembly of the United Nations in 2006. https://ift.tt/2N3kw09 support@endlesssupplies.biz (Endless Supplies .Biz) August 20, 2018 at 01:00PM

Why Even a Blue Wave Could Have Limited Gains

Voters cast their ballots in an August primary in Kansas City, Kan. https://ift.tt/2vYwQs1 support@endlesssupplies.biz (Endless Supplies .Biz) August 20, 2018 at 01:00PM

Korean Families, Separated for 6 Decades, Are Briefly Reunited

Lee Gyum-sum, 92, of South Korea wrapped her arms around her son Ri Sang-chol, a 71-year-old North Korean, for the first time in more than 60 years. https://ift.tt/2N1qI8N support@endlesssupplies.biz (Endless Supplies .Biz) August 20, 2018 at 01:00PM

Pope Francis Writes to Catholics Worldwide Over Sexual Abuse

Pope Francis at the Vatican on Sunday. A letter issued on Monday may have been the first time a pope has addressed the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics about sexual abuse, a Vatican spokesman said. https://ift.tt/2MnY1Xj support@endlesssupplies.biz (Endless Supplies .Biz) August 20, 2018 at 01:00PM

Two More Earthquakes Hit Indonesian Island, Killing More Than a Dozen

Makeshift hospitals like this one have sprung up across the Indonesian island of Lombok after a series of devastating earthquakes. https://ift.tt/2N1qjmN support@endlesssupplies.biz (Endless Supplies .Biz) August 20, 2018 at 01:00PM

Tesla Slashes Spending, and May Add to Its Troubles

A monitor at Nasdaq displayed Tesla’s stock price in May. Short sellers have targeted the stock, injecting a destabilizing element to the company’s share price. https://ift.tt/2Ppla9O support@endlesssupplies.biz (Endless Supplies .Biz) August 20, 2018 at 01:00PM

Twitter CEO commits to fixing the platform's 'toxic' content problem, but gives no timetable

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey says "we're ready to question everything" about the social networking site that has been overrun by spam, abuse and misinformation. https://ift.tt/2N1qmPv support@endlesssupplies.biz (Endless Supplies .Biz) August 20, 2018 at 01:03PM

Apple pulls gambling apps criticized by Chinese state media

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GLOBAL MARKETS-Cautious optimism for U.S.-China trade talks lifts shares

* Trump complains to donors about Powell's rate hikes -report
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UPDATE 3-Clinique, La Mer skincare boosts Estee quarterly results

Estee Lauder Cos Inc topped quarterly profit and sales estimates on Monday as customers bought more of its high-margin Clinique and La Mer skincare products at duty free stores, online and beauty-focused retailers.
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For Glenn Close, the Seventh Nomination Just May Be the Charm

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METALS-Copper rises on hopes of U.S.-China trade progress

* GRAPHIC-2018 asset returns: http://tmsnrt.rs/2jvdmXl (Adds closing prices, weaker dollar)
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The gold rush is over

It's supposed to be a fear trade. But, despite a trade war and a crisis in Turkey, the price is falling. https://ift.tt/2PoYQwQ support@endlesssupplies.biz (Endless Supplies .Biz) August 20, 2018 at 01:03PM

The gold rush is over

Concerns that Turkey's currency crisis will spill into other emerging markets ? and maybe Europe ? aren't spooking investors much. Just look at gold. https://ift.tt/2N3hAAA support@endlesssupplies.biz (Endless Supplies .Biz) August 20, 2018 at 01:02PM

JPMorgan dramatically slashes Tesla's stock price forecast

A quarter of Tesla's market value has vanished in two weeks as a growing chorus voices skepticism about the electric car maker's ability to go private. https://ift.tt/2Pq6E1u support@endlesssupplies.biz (Endless Supplies .Biz) August 20, 2018 at 01:03PM

Brazil's Ambev plans to buy 1,600 electric trucks amid new freight fares

Brazilian beer maker Ambev plans to buy 1,600 Volkswagen electric trucks, they said on Monday, making it the largest fleet of its kind in Brazil, and which would be exempt from new fixed minimum freight fares for diesel truckers.
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CORRECTED-UPDATE 1-China Biologic gets $3.9 bln offer from former CEO-led consortium

China Biologic Products Holdings Inc on Monday received a $3.9 billion all-cash offer from a consortium of investment firms led by the company's former chief executive David Gao.
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CORRECTED-China Biologic gets $3.9 bln offer from former CEO-led consortium

China Biologic Products Holdings Inc on Monday received a $3.9 billion all-cash offer from a consortium that included company's former chief executive, GL Capital Group, Bank of China Group Investment Limited and CDH Investments.
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