• 11/11/2024

An Apple Headset Is Coming. Can It Be More Than a Nerd Helmet?

Wall Street Journal Uncool gadgets got cool with the iPod, iPhone and Apple Watch. Now the company is taking on mixed-reality goggles. https://www.wsj.com/articles/apple-mixed-reality-headset-9213ac1b

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For Tax Executives, More Disclosure on Global Liabilities Means More Headaches

Wall Street Journal As investors and regulators seek more information on companies’ country-by-country levies, tax officers cite high costs, challenges in data collection. https://www.wsj.com/articles/for-tax-executives-more-disclosure-on-global-liabilities-means-more-headaches-48e06d5e

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Epstein Moved $270,000 for Noam Chomsky and Paid $150,000 to Leon Botstein

Wall Street Journal The academics acknowledged financial transactions with the late convicted sex offender. https://www.wsj.com/articles/jeffrey-epstein-noam-chomsky-leon-botstein-bard-ce5beb9d

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Cutting Deposit Rates Has Become Mission Critical for Chinese Banks

Wall Street Journal Cheap lending has hit banks’ interest margins, which could weaken their capital positions. https://www.wsj.com/articles/cutting-deposit-rates-has-become-mission-critical-for-chinese-banks-a17759ef

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Abortion-Pill Battle Returns to the Courtroom

Wall Street Journal The appeals-court hearing could provide clues about conservative judges’ openness to arguments by antiabortion groups. https://www.wsj.com/articles/abortion-pill-battle-returns-to-the-courtroom-b163f075

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Russian military using rockets to launch ‘propaganda’ leaflets

Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-743321

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China calls on Netherlands to ‘adhere to strategic autonomy’, as US restrictions weigh on trade

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Premier Li Qiang spoke with Dutch counterpart Mark Rutte on Tuesday and discussed global supply chains, trade cooperation, the climate and the war in Ukraine. https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3220875/china-calls-netherlands-adhere-strategic-autonomy-us-restrictions-weigh-trade?utm_source=rss_feed

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Lavrov says crisis in Ukraine could end with US turning its back on its allies

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. The top diplomat recalled that the US “abandoned former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak” and turned its back “on the Afghani leadership on whom they had relied throughout the 20-year occupation of that country” https://tass.com/politics/1618633

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Tencent posts 11 per cent rise in quarterly revenue, buoyed by advertising and game sales as China’s economy rebounds

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Total revenue of the Hong Kong-listed internet giant in the three months ended March 31 reached 150 billion yuan in the three months ended March 31. https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3220874/tencent-posts-11-cent-rise-quarterly-revenue-buoyed-advertising-and-game-sales-chinas-economy?utm_source=rss_feed

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Nurse leaking personal data of Ukrainian soldiers to FSB detained in Kherson

Pravda Ukraine A resident who passed on information about the Defence Forces to a representative of the FSB of the Russian Federation was exposed and arrested in the city of Kherson. Source: The press service of the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) and the Kherson Oblast prosecutor’s office Details: According to the investigation, the suspect…

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