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...A YouTube user called PluggingAI offers songs imitating the voices of the deceased rappers Tupac and Notorious B.I.G....
...Good morning. The news outlet/hedge fund Hunterbrook, in its debut article/short sale, sent the stock of United Wholesale Mortgage down 8 per cent....
...Vietnam, meanwhile, is emerging as a crucial hub for chip developers, with top American chip design software maker Synopsys establishing a 600-person R&D team there....
...But after a 20 per cent rally this year through June, the Topix has traded flat. Investors appear to have priced in as much good news as they can stomach....
...A new exhibition at the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, Van Gogh in Auvers-sur-Oise: The Final Months, gathers the majority of them....
...The Financial Conduct Authority’s new Consumer Duty is being hailed as a game-changer, raising standards of consumer protection (and jargon removal) across the sector....
...More good news: copper prices have dipped since January, but key industrial demand indicators have yet to flash a warning....
...“Someone had taught me a few chords on the guitar, and I’d buy the magazine as it had all the words. I’d just sit in my room for hours on end learning to play them....
...Her music was an idiosyncratic but coherent blend of R&B, electronic music, hip-hop and surreal passages of Irish fiddle-playing, performed with bravura stage presence....
...Late-pandemic inflation put a spotlight on the problem, because Beyond Meat is, in theory, a luxury good....
...A spate of M&A deals looms — in which the more sanguine and cash-rich operators such as Apple could clean up in a fire sale, acquiring, say, ESPN sports rights at bargain prices....
...Murray has spoken to the bosses of Asos, Currys and AO World since Frasers appeared on their register, according to people familiar with the discussions, as part of his efforts to change Frasers’ image as...
...In 1983, he founded Aristotle Inc, a technology consultancy that sold voter data to political campaigns....
...For example, here’s the Class A vs Class B shares of News Corp, a business that, as previously mentioned, bears certain similarities to Waystar: In News Corp’s case, Class B (the white lines above) carry...
...: I’d advise against QuickBooks adding a question that targets its new niche: Are you planning to collect billions in crypto and fiat on the premise of executing trades for customers, while instead swapping...
...Inc and Acc, to use the three-letter acronyms often flash up on fund websites. Now, Lynn, could you have a go at explaining the difference between Inc and Acc please? Lynn Hutchinson Yes, of course....
...I’m always grateful for reader suggestions, so if there is anywhere you’d recommend I take a minister or a civil servant for a proper breakfast it would be gratefully received....
...Good morning. How well did you keep up with the news this week?...
...At MIT, he learnt that the big car companies were very good at manufacturing at scale, very good at introducing new models and styles, and very good at rehashing the status quo....
...His vision has made San Francisco-based Affirm one of the biggest “buy now, pay later” companies, which allow shoppers to obtain unsecured instalment loans when they buy clothes, electronics and other goods...
...Joshua Franklin One of the big downsides is your lieutenants can get sick and tired of waiting around to see if they’re going to get a chance to take the top job as well....
...In terms of similarities, we think that 2023 will be like a typical recession in that we will see the interest sensitive sectors, such as corporate investment, and the consumption of durable goods, electronic...
...missed out on a good party....
...I mean, there were, as you discovered, large amounts of cash that weren’t there, offices that weren’t there. Why couldn’t they see it?...
...Within minutes, I’d snapped up some locally-made sheepskin rugs (just the thing for around the fire pit — and 20 per cent discount for cash)....
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