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5 Ways Disengagement Hurts Your Career, And How To Fix It - Forbes (No paywall) Learn the signals that you're disengaged and how it hurts your career. Discover how to reengage and rebuild your career and credibility.
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WorkWorkWhat Seniors Need To Know About Reverse MortgagesFrom Taxes To Catches - Forbes (No paywall)
Reverse mortgages are a creature of federal law. As part of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987, the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) became responsible for insuring reverse mortgages. The program was initially designed to "meet the special needs of elderly homeowners by reducing the effect of the economic hardship caused by the increasing costs of meeting health, housing, and subsistence needs at a time of reduced income."
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WorkTrump Shares AI-Generated Taylor Swift Endorsement
“I accept!” the former President posted on his social media platform Truth Social on Sunday, along with a collage of images from the internet—including some apparently generated by artificial intelligence—showing the TIME Person of the Year dressed as Uncle Sam and saying “Taylor wants you to vote for Donald Trump” as well as numerous Swift fans expressing their support for the Republican presidential nominee.
WorkHow to see Katmai's famous brown bears up close--and stay safe - Travel (No paywall)
A mother bear and her cub amble toward us across the grassland. The cub—a shaggier, blonder miniature of the mother—is in its second summer here in Hallo Bay on the coast of Alaska’s Katmai National Park. It mirrors mom’s adult behavior but is still playful, affectionate. Now the cub snuggles against her, and they sit down facing away from us and curl up for a nap. They’re completely, almost radically, at peace with our presence. WorkThe mysterious middle-men helping Russia's war machine - The Economist (No paywall)
RUSSIA IS PLANNING for decades of Western sanctions, a senior foreign-ministry official, Dmitry Birichevsky, said last week. The evidence suggests that might not be too much of a problem. The economy is growing smartly, at an annualised rate of 4% in the second quarter, after a whopping 5.4% the quarter before, despite one of the toughest regimes ever imposed. Trade continues to flourish. How come?
WorkWorkThe Business Roundtable's Stakeholder Pledge, Five Years Later - Harvard Business Review (No paywall)
Five years ago, the Business Roundtable issued a statement pledging to “lead their companies for the benefit of all stakeholders.” In the past five years, stakeholderism has gained wider acceptance and helped many corporate leaders see the value of taking the interests of their stakeholders seriously when planning, developing strategy, making decisions, assessing risks, allocating resources, and so on. But that is a far cry from replacing shareholder capitalism as the central organizing principle for U.S. companies. For that to happen, much more is required. Proponents will need to define more clearly what stakeholder capitalism is, strengthen its theoretical foundations, and develop a playbook for implementing it, including metrics for measuring performance and guidelines for making tradeoffs. They will also need to build an ecosystem of investors, executives, directors, advisors, and other professionals (lawyers, bankers, accountants, analysts, and so on) who understand and support it, embed its precepts in law and regulation, and educate future leaders in its tenets and practices.
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WorkWorkHow to fine-tune AI for prosperity
The numbers for the last year or so have been generally strong for various financial and business reasons, rebounding from the early days of the pandemic. And though the quarterly numbers are notoriously noisy and inconsistent, the University of Chicago economist is scrutinizing the data to spot any early clues that AI-driven economic growth has begun. WorkWorkWorkWorkBig Oil Cashes In as Clean Fuel Startups Falter
Outsized returns are not limited to the Super Majors. Independent E&P, Devon Energy (NYSE:DVN), as a combination of stock buybacks and dividends, is returning capital to investors with a free cash yield of nearly 15%, on a one-year, run rate basis, based on recent prices of their stock-flat since the start of 2024, in the middle-$40s. WorkAI Can Break Songs Into 'Music Stems' -- Here's Why That Matters
Artificial intelligence tools are not only generating new songs (and artists), they're also raiding hits of the past for new earnings potential. Disney Music Group, for example, has agreed to let AI music startup AudioShake, which took part in the 2024 Disney Accelerator program, generate stems of its classic hits for use in new creative and marketing opportunities. WorkWorkGerman court rejects appeal by ex-Nazi secretary over role in 10,500 murders
From mid-1944, tens of thousands of Jews from ghettoes in the Baltics and from Auschwitz filled the camp, along with thousands of Polish civilians swept up in the brutal Nazi suppression of the Warsaw Uprising. Others incarcerated at Stutthof included political prisoners, accused criminals, people suspected of homosexual activity, and Jehovah’s Witnesses. More than 60,000 people were killed at the camp. WorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkHillary Clinton hands baton to Kamala Harris: 'The future is here'
Hillary Clinton, the first woman nominated for president by a major American political party, passed that baton to Kamala Harris on the first night of the Democratic National Convention, endorsing the vice president and her goal to become the nation's first female head of state. WorkHow People Are Overdosing on Semaglutide Drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy - Scientific American (No paywall)
As more people take the injectable weight-loss medication Wegovy, they should be aware of concerning reports of overdoses. That drug, more generally called semaglutide, can have unpleasant gastrointestinal side effects at prescribed doses. But if people take too much semaglutide, the adverse effects can be severe and even require hospitalization. The Food and Drug Administration recently alerted health care providers, pharmacies and the public about the dangers of overdoses from semaglutide, which is also prescribed under the name Ozempic to treat diabetes. Scientific American spoke to experts about how people using semaglutide and similar weight-loss medications can stay safe. WorkAnother suit filed against FDA over lab-developed test rule - STAT (No paywall)
It’s the second legal challenge to the rule, following the American Clinical Laboratory Association’s suit in May. The suit, filed in Texas by the Association for Molecular Pathology and University of Texas pathologist Michael Laposata, claims that the FDA overstepped its regulatory bounds when deciding to regulate lab-developed tests. WorkWorkWorkThe Speech Biden Never Wanted to Give
Mr. Biden, 81, gave little indication that he was ready to go. While he made a couple of self-deprecating jokes about his age, he barely alluded to his decision to step aside under pressure from fellow Democrats worried that the struggles of the oldest president in the nation’s history would sink the party. When he did, he simply framed it as an act of sacrifice to save American democracy from former President Donald J. Trump. WorkWorkHighlights From Night 1 of the Democratic Convention
Mr. Biden’s speech, and another earlier in the night from Hillary Clinton — who came closer than any other American woman to winning the White House — symbolized how Democrats are moving on from the old guard that has led their party for decades. The convention’s opening night also served to emphasize the historic nature of Ms. Harris’s candidacy, and to frame her as riding on the shoulders of civil rights icons and women who had run for president before her, as she seeks to defeat former President Donald J. Trump. WorkThey Ran a Campaign in Hiding. Now They Wait.
Their efforts helped lead the United States to recognize the opposition candidate, Edmundo González, as the winner, while many other countries have refused to recognize President Nicolás Maduro’s claim of victory. WorkEdgar Bronfman submits roughly $4.3 billion rival bid for Paramount Global, Reuters reports
Bronfman has argued his offer is superior, because it would not involve a second step of the transaction in which Paramount would acquire Skydance, another source familiar with his rationale told Reuters. Paramount previously agreed to purchase Skydance in an all-stock transaction that values the independent media company at $4.75 billion, the companies have said. WorkWorkWorkHP's latest gaming mic is the Las Vegas casino of microphones
In addition to the Vegas casino of gaming mics, HP is launching a wireless keyboard that it claims has “the longest battery life on a backlit dual-wireless gaming keyboard” available. The HyperX Alloy Rise 75 offers 80 hours of gameplay with the backlighting on (more RGB!!). Alternatively, you can squeeze out “a staggering 1,500 hours with the backlighting off.” (At least your mic can compensate for the lack of backlighting under those conditions.) WorkWorkWorkCanadian export agency 'hit by big losses after lending to Thames Water'
In a statement provided to the FT, EDC said: "We have been carefully following the recent challenges encountered by the utility and with the regulator's recent determination and Omers' decision to write down its stake, we are assessing the best course of action to manage our loan exposure with the company. WorkWorkWorkWorkWork TradeBriefs Publications are read by over 10,00,000 Industry Executives About Us | Advertise Privacy Policy | Unsubscribe (one-click) You are receiving this mail because of your subscription with TradeBriefs.
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